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Literally, it refers to the male parent of a child. Metaphorically, it can denote a forefather, an ancestor, or a spiritual leader. Fathers hold a significant role in the family structure as ordained by God, serving as providers, protectors, and spiritual leaders. Biblical Examples: 1. Adam · As the first man created by God, Adam is considered the father of the human race (<a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27-28</a>). 2. Abraham · Known as the "father of many nations," Abraham is a central figure in the Bible, exemplifying faith and obedience to God (<a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">Genesis 17:4-5</a>). 3. Isaac and Jacob · Both patriarchs, they continued the Abrahamic covenant and are often referred to in the context of the "God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob" (<a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a>). Responsibilities of Fathers: Fathers are called to lead their families in accordance with God's commandments. They are to provide for their families, both materially and spiritually. <a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> instructs, "Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." This highlights the father's role in nurturing and educating their children in the faith. Discipline and Instruction: The Bible emphasizes the importance of discipline and instruction from fathers. <a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm">Proverbs 22:6</a> states, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Fathers are tasked with guiding their children in righteousness and wisdom. Spiritual Leadership: Fathers are seen as the spiritual heads of their households. <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a> exemplifies this leadership: "But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Fathers are to set a godly example and lead their families in worship and devotion to God. God as Father: The Bible frequently refers to God as a Father, illustrating His loving, protective, and guiding nature. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches His disciples to address God as "Our Father in heaven" (<a href="/matthew/6-9.htm">Matthew 6:9</a>), emphasizing a personal and intimate relationship with God. Honor and Respect: The commandment to "Honor your father and mother" (<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a>) underscores the respect and reverence due to fathers. This commandment is reiterated in the New Testament, highlighting its enduring significance (<a href="/ephesians/6-2.htm">Ephesians 6:2</a>). Challenges and Failures: The Bible does not shy away from depicting the failures of fathers. Eli, the priest, failed to restrain his sons, leading to their downfall (<a href="/1_samuel/3-13.htm">1 Samuel 3:13</a>). David, despite being a man after God's own heart, faced turmoil within his family due to his own sins and failures as a father (2 Samuel 13-18). Legacy and Blessing: A father's influence extends beyond his lifetime through the legacy he leaves. <a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm">Proverbs 13:22</a> states, "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children." This inheritance is not only material but also spiritual, as fathers impart faith and values to future generations. Conclusion: The role of fathers in the Bible is multifaceted, encompassing provision, protection, discipline, and spiritual leadership. Fathers are called to reflect God's character and to lead their families in faithfulness to Him.<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><a href="/matthew/23-9.htm">Matthew 23:9</a> And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Topicalbible.org<a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Topicalbible.org<a href="/context/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5-6</a> A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Topicalbible.org<a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Malachi 2:10</a> Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Topicalbible.org<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>APOSTOLIC FATHERSAn appellation usually given to the writers of the 1st century who employed their pens in the cause of Christianity. See <a href="../s/sub-apostolic.htm">SUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE</a>.APOSTOLIC FATHERS, EPISTLES OFSee <a href="../s/sub-apostolic.htm">SUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE</a>.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3971.htm">3971. patroos -- of one's fathers, received from one's fathers</a> ... of one's fathers, received from one's fathers. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: patroos Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ro'-os) Short Definition: hereditary ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3971.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3964.htm">3964. patraloas -- murderer of fathers.</a> ... patraloas. 3965 . murderer of fathers. ... murderer of fathers. From pater and the same as the latter part of metraloias; a parricide -- murderer of fathers. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3964.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3970b.htm">3970b. patroparadotos -- handed down from one's fathers</a> ... 3970a, 3970b. patroparadotos. 3971 . handed down from one's fathers. Transliteration: patroparadotos Short Definition: inherited. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3970b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/256b.htm">256b. Halphaios -- Alphaeus, the name of the fathers of two ...</a> ... 256a, 256b. Halphaios. 257 . Alphaeus, the name of the fathers of two disciples. Transliteration: Halphaios Short Definition: Alphaeus. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/256b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/3968.htm">3968. patris -- of one's fathers, fatherland</a> ... of one's fathers, fatherland. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: patris Phonetic Spelling: (pat-rece') Short Definition: fatherland Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3968.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3967.htm">3967. patrikos -- paternal, ancestral</a> ... patrikos Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ree-kos') Short Definition: paternal, ancestral Definition: ancestral, paternal, belonging to the fathers (ancestors). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3967.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3970a.htm">3970a. patroloas -- one who kills one's father</a> ... 3970, 3970a. patroloas. 3970b . one who kills one's father. Transliteration: patroloas Short Definition: fathers. Word Origin from ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3970a.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/5481.htm">5481. charakter -- a tool for engraving</a> ... The Greek fathers ( ad 100 -500) used 5481 ("") of the , showing forth His glory as the second Person of the eternal Godhead (Heb 1:3). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5481.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3962.htm">3962. pater -- a father</a> ... Word Origin a prim. word Definition a father NASB Word Usage father (348), father's (13), fathers (53), parents (1). father, parent. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3962.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/3970.htm">3970. patroparadotos -- one who kills one's father</a> ... inherited From pater and a derivative of paradidomi (in the sense of handing over or down); traditionary -- received by tradition from fathers. see GREEK pater. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3970.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1.htm">1. ab -- father</a> ... Word Origin from an unused word Definition father NASB Word Usage ancestors (1), family* (1), father (571), Father (8), father's (137), fathers (333), fathers ... /hebrew/1.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm">3205. yalad -- to bear, bring forth, beget</a> ... bring forth, beget NASB Word Usage bear (13), bearing (3), bears (6), became (1), became the father (144), become the father (2), become the fathers (1), beget ... /hebrew/3205.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/2.htm">2. ab -- father</a> ... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to ab Definition father NASB Word Usage father (6), fathers (3). father. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'ab -- father. ... /hebrew/2.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/lake/the_apostolic_fathers/">The Apostolic Fathers</a> The Apostolic Fathers. <. The Apostolic Fathers Kirsopp Lake. Table of Contents. Title Page. KLEMENTOS PROS KORINThIOUS A. ... //christianbookshelf.org/lake/the apostolic fathers/<a href="/library/richardson/early_christian_fathers/">Early Christian Fathers</a> Early Christian Fathers. <. Early Christian Fathers Cyril C. Richardson. Table of Contents. Title Page. GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE. ... //christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/<a href="/library/unknown/fathers_of_the_third_century_tertullian_appendix/">Fathers of the Third Century, Tertullian: Appendix</a> Fathers of the Third Century, Tertullian: Appendix. <. Fathers of the Third Century, Tertullian: Appendix Unknown. Translated by Rev. ... /.../unknown/fathers of the third century tertullian appendix/<a href="/library/white/the_great_controversy_between_christ_and_satan_/16_the_pilgrim_fathers.htm">The Pilgrim Fathers.</a> ... 16. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. [Illustration: Chapter header.] The English Reformers, while renouncing the doctrines of Romanism, had retained many of its forms. ... /.../the great controversy between christ and satan /16 the pilgrim fathers.htm<a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/528__the_fathers_where.htm">"The Fathers, Where are They?"</a> ... 528. " "The Fathers, where are they?". 528. SM Doddridge. "The Fathers, where are they?". 1 How swift the torrent rolls, That bears us to the sea! ... /.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/528 the fathers where.htm<a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/11_what_say_you_o.htm">What Say You, O Fathers of New Religions, and Powers? do You Cry ...</a> ... Book IV. 11 What say you, O fathers of new religions, and powers? Do you cry out? What say you, O fathers of new religions, and powers? ... /.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/11 what say you o.htm<a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_121_faith_of_our.htm">Faith of Our Fathers</a> ... No. 121 Faith of our Fathers. THE CHURCH Faith of our Fathers Fideles ad mortem. Father Faber Nicola. A. Montani. Maestoso, ben marcato. ... /.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 121 faith of our.htm<a href="/library/burgon/the_last_twelve_verses_of_the_gospel_according_to_s_mark_/chapter_iii_the_early_fathers.htm">The Early Fathers Appealed To, and Observed to Bear Favourable ...</a> ... CHAPTER III. THE EARLY FATHERS APPEALED TO, AND OBSERVED TO BEAR FAVOURABLE WITNESS. ... (1.) on MANUSCRIPTS,"(2.) on VERSIONS,"(3.) on FATHERS. ... /.../chapter iii the early fathers.htm<a href="/library/burgon/the_last_twelve_verses_of_the_gospel_according_to_s_mark/chapter_iii_the_early_fathers.htm">The Early Fathers Appealed To, and Observed to Bear Favourable ...</a> ... CHAPTER III, THE EARLY FATHERS APPEALED TO, AND OBSERVED TO BEAR FAVOURABLE WITNESS. ... (1.) on Manuscripts,"(2.) on Versions,"(3.) on Fathers. ... /.../chapter iii the early fathers.htm<a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xvii_with_what_virtuous.htm">With what virtuous Feelings the Fathers of Old Hid the Sacred ...</a> ... Book III. Chapter XVII. With what virtuous feelings the fathers of old hid the sacred fires when on the? With what virtuous feelings ... /.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xvii with what virtuous.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/fathers'.htm">Fathers'</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FATHER'S HOUSE, FATHERS' HOUSE. (beth 'abh, beth 'abhoth): Father's house in the Old Testament is ... /f/fathers'.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/f/fathers.htm">Fathers (572 Occurrences)</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia APOSTOLIC FATHERS. ... See SUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE. APOSTOLIC FATHERS, EPISTLES OF. See SUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE. ... /f/fathers.htm - 39k<a href="/topical/n/nursing-fathers.htm">Nursing-fathers (1 Occurrence)</a> Nursing-fathers. Nursing-father, Nursing-fathers. Nursing-mothers . Multi-Version Concordance Nursing-fathers (1 Occurrence). ... /n/nursing-fathers.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/f/foster-fathers.htm">Foster-fathers (1 Occurrence)</a> Foster-fathers. Foster, Foster-fathers. Fought . Multi-Version Concordance Foster-fathers (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 49:23 ... /f/foster-fathers.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/a/ancestral.htm">Ancestral (14 Occurrences)</a> ... Galatians 1:14 and I was advancing in Judaism above many equals in age in mine own race, being more abundantly zealous of my fathers' deliverances, (See NAS). ... /a/ancestral.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/a/ancestors.htm">Ancestors (7 Occurrences)</a> ... In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ('abhoth). Multi-Version Concordance Ancestors (7 Occurrences). ... /a/ancestors.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/s/sepulchers.htm">Sepulchers (15 Occurrences)</a> ... righteous, (WBS). Luke 11:47 Woe to you! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. (WBS). Luke 11 ... /s/sepulchers.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/s/sepulchres.htm">Sepulchres (17 Occurrences)</a> ... know it. (DBY). Luke 11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. (KJV DBY). Luke 11 ... /s/sepulchres.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/s/slept.htm">Slept (74 Occurrences)</a> ... daughter. (DBY NIV). 1 Kings 2:10 David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). ... /s/slept.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/c/children's.htm">Children's (28 Occurrences)</a> ... and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the ... /c/children's.htm - 15k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Cappadocian-Fathers.html">Who were the Cappadocian Fathers? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/content_Christian-history_fathers.html">Early Church Fathers ' Article Index | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Founding-Fathers.html">Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/fathers.htm">Fathers: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Fathers (572 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/10-21.htm">Matthew 10:21</a> And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/15-2.htm">Matthew 15:2</a> Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/23-30.htm">Matthew 23:30</a> and say,'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32</a> Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Mark 7:5</a> And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands? (BBE)<a href="/mark/13-12.htm">Mark 13:12</a> "Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. (WEY BBE)<a href="/luke/1-17.htm">Luke 1:17</a> He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah,'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/1-55.htm">Luke 1:55</a> As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/1-72.htm">Luke 1:72</a> to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/6-23.htm">Luke 6:23</a> Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/6-26.htm">Luke 6:26</a> Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-11.htm">Luke 11:11</a> "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Luke 11:47</a> Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-48.htm">Luke 11:48</a> So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/21-16.htm">Luke 21:16</a> But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. (BBE)<a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20</a> Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written,'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'" (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49</a> Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a> This is the bread which came down out of heaven-not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/7-22.htm">John 7:22</a> Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13</a> The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Acts 3:22</a> For Moses indeed said to the fathers,'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you. (WEB KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/acts/3-25.htm">Acts 3:25</a> You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham,'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.' (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/5-30.htm">Acts 5:30</a> The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2</a> He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-11.htm">Acts 7:11</a> Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-12.htm">Acts 7:12</a> But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-15.htm">Acts 7:15</a> Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-19.htm">Acts 7:19</a> The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-32.htm">Acts 7:32</a> 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a> This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a> to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44</a> "Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a> which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a> The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/13-32.htm">Acts 13:32</a> We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/13-36.htm">Acts 13:36</a> For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/15-10.htm">Acts 15:10</a> Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/22-1.htm">Acts 22:1</a> "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/22-3.htm">Acts 22:3</a> "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/22-14.htm">Acts 22:14</a> He said,'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/24-14.htm">Acts 24:14</a> But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/26-6.htm">Acts 26:6</a> Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/28-17.htm">Acts 28:17</a> It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/acts/28-25.htm">Acts 28:25</a> When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/9-5.htm">Romans 9:5</a> of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/romans/11-28.htm">Romans 11:28</a> Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. (WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/15-8.htm">Romans 15:8</a> Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/1_corinthians/4-15.htm">1 Corinthians 4:15</a> For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1</a> Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm">2 Corinthians 12:14</a> This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children. (BBE)<a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Galatians 1:14</a> I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1</a> Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right. (BBE)<a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Ephesians 6:4</a> You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/colossians/3-20.htm">Colossians 3:20</a> Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord. (BBE)<a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Colossians 3:21</a> Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. Paul's First Letter to Timothy (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9</a> as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm">1 Timothy 5:4</a> But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God. (BBE)<a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">2 Timothy 1:3</a> I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">2 Timothy 3:2</a> For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion, (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1</a> God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm">Hebrews 2:3</a> What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came; (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/3-9.htm">Hebrews 3:9</a> where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/8-9.htm">Hebrews 8:9</a> not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn't continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them," says the Lord. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/11-2.htm">Hebrews 11:2</a> For by it our fathers had God's approval. (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/12-9.htm">Hebrews 12:9</a> Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a> The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world. (BBE)<a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18</a> knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">2 Peter 3:4</a> and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_john/2-13.htm">1 John 2:13</a> I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_john/2-14.htm">1 John 2:14</a> I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/15-15.htm">Genesis 15:15</a> but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/31-3.htm">Genesis 31:3</a> Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/46-34.htm">Genesis 46:34</a> that you shall say,'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/47-3.htm">Genesis 47:3</a> Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a> Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/47-30.htm">Genesis 47:30</a> but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/48-15.htm">Genesis 48:15</a> He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Genesis 48:16</a> the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">Genesis 48:21</a> Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Genesis 49:29</a> He instructed them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a> And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/3-13.htm">Exodus 3:13</a> Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them,'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me,'What is his name?' What should I tell them?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/3-15.htm">Exodus 3:15</a> God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this,'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a> Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them,'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/4-5.htm">Exodus 4:5</a> "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/6-14.htm">Exodus 6:14</a> These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/6-25.htm">Exodus 6:25</a> Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/10-6.htm">Exodus 10:6</a> Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3</a> Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying,'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Exodus 13:5</a> It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/13-11.htm">Exodus 13:11</a> "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a> you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Exodus 22:24</a> And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/34-7.htm">Exodus 34:7</a> keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/18-14.htm">Leviticus 18:14</a> Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. (See JPS)<a href="/leviticus/25-41.htm">Leviticus 25:41</a> then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39</a> Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 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