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16 Bible Verses for Dads and Father’s Day Cards

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Summary

  • The verses that work best in a card are about what a father leaves behind: a fortress children shelter in, an inheritance reaching grandchildren.
  • Proverbs 17:6 says grandchildren are a crown to the aged and parents are the pride of their children.
  • In Luke 11:13 Jesus calls human fathers evil and argues from their generosity anyway.
  • Malachi 3:17 promises that God will spare his treasured possession as a father spares the son who serves him.
  • Romans 8:15 sets adoption against slavery and ends on Abba, the Aramaic word for father.

The verses that work best in a card for a dad are the ones about what a father leaves behind. Proverbs 14:26 calls a father’s faith a fortress his children shelter in. Proverbs 13:22 has an inheritance reaching as far as grandchildren. Proverbs 17:6 says parents are the pride of their children. The sixteen verses below are grouped by who is reading: a dad in the middle of the work, a dad who thinks he has got it wrong, and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Human fathers disciplining as they thought best is at Hebrews 12:10.

The Hebrew segullah at Malachi 3:17 denotes a king’s personal treasure, held apart from the state accounts; it is used of Israel at Exodus 19:5 and Deuteronomy 7:6.

The widows Paul has in view at 1 Timothy 5:8 are the subject of 1 Timothy 5:3-16.

What a father is asked to be, and the two instructions given to fathers, are set out at 18 Bible Verses About Fatherhood.

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