The best Bible verses for fathers day include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for fathers day, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."Proverbs 22:6
"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."Ephesians 6:4
"As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;"Psalms 103:13
"Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."Deuteronomy 6:7
"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”"Joshua 24:15
"He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”"Malachi 4:6
"Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"Hebrews 12:7
"“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."Exodus 20:12
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for fathers day is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for fathers day, and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for fathers day are Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4, Psalms 103:13. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to fathers day across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for fathers day, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.