![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The righteous who walks in his integrity-blessed are his children after him!" 3 John 1:4 Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate." Proverbs 20:7 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. "Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. "Honor your father and mother' (this is the first commandment with a promise)." The Blessings of Fatherhood Psalm 127:3-5 "Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old." Ephesians 6:2 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.'" Proverbs 23:22 "Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him." Honor to Fathers Exodus 20:12 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." Proverbs 13:24 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. "And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. "My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights." Deuteronomy 6:6-9 ![]() Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness." Proverbs 3:11-12 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. "It is for discipline that you have to endure. "Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts do not forsake my teaching." Hebrews 12:7-10 "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck." Proverbs 4:1-2 "For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'" Guidance from Fathers Proverbs 1:8-9 "'And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me,' says the Lord Almighty." Romans 8:15 "Pray then like this: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.'" 2 Corinthians 6:18 "As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him." God as Our Heavenly Father Matthew 6:9 "For the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights." Psalm 103:13 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." Proverbs 3:12 It does not insist on its own way it is not irritable or resentful it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. "Love is patient and kind love does not envy or boast it is not arrogant or rude. "He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?" The Love of Fathers 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ![]()
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