These Father's Day Bible Verses Make Dad's Day Even More Special (2024)

The bond between a father and his children is a special one. Not only does he help them with quintessential milestones like learning to ride a bike, throw a ball, and catch a fish—but he also has an abundance of strength and wisdom that benefits the family. That's why when Father's Day rolls around, it's so easy to see why we celebrate him! (Just look at all of Ladd Drummond's sweetest moments.)

But when honoring Dad on his big day, it's not always easy to find the right words. Sure, Father's Day gifts will definitely make him smile, but if you really want to show pops just how much he means to you, DIY Father's Day cards filled with heartfelt Father's Day messages are the way to go! You can make him feel especially special when you break out the Bible and add a few lines of scripture. After all, fathers are a central theme of His word. From verses about God the Father to passages about your own dad and his role in teaching children the ways of the Lord, you're sure to find meaningful Father's Day quotes to share on June 16. Reading them together will make for a great Father's Day activity.

Here, we've pulled together a collection of 40 Father's Day Bible verses about everything from fatherhood and being a godly husband to familial love. Find girl dad quotes, father-son quotes, as well as Father's Day messages for husbands. There's even verses about the importance of having faith as a father figure. Just scroll through to find the perfect words to show Dad how much of a blessing he is to the family.

• Proverbs 20:7: "The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him."
• Proverbs 22:6: "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."
• Ephesians 6:4: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
• Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 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. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."
• Proverbs 17:6: "Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers."
  
• Proverbs 23:24: "The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him."
• Psalm 103:13: "As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him."
• 2 Samuel 7:14-15: "I will be a father to him, and he'll be a son to me. When he does wrong, I'll discipline him in the usual ways, the pitfalls and obstacles of this mortal life. But I'll never remove my gracious love from him."
• Luke 15:20: "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."
• Proverbs 1:8: "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching."
• Genesis 18:19: "I have formed a relationship with him so that he will instruct his children and his household after him. And they will keep to the Lord’s path, being mortal and just so that the Lord can do for Abraham everything he said he would."
• Luke 15:31: "Then his father said, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.'"
• Psalm 127:3-5: "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them."
• Deuteronomy 1:31: "The Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son."
• 2 Corinthians 6:18: "And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."

• Ephesians 5:25-29: "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church."
• Matthew 19:4-6: "Haven't you read that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
• Ecclesiastes 4:9: "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up."
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11: "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."
  
• Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun."
• Psalm 133:1: "Look at how good and pleasing it is when families live together as one."
• Mark 10:9: "Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
• 1 Corinthians 7:14: "For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy."
• 1 Peter 3:7: "In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together."

• 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. 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 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
• Proverbs 30:18-19: "There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don't understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman."
• 1 Peter 4:8: "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."
• Song of Solomon 3:4: "I have found the one whom my soul loves."
• Romans 12:10: "Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves."
• Corinthians 13:13: "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
• Malachi 4:6: "He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers."

• Joshua 24:15: "As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
• Acts 10:2: "He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly."
• Proverbs 3:11-12: "My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in."
• 3 John 1:4: "It is the greatest joy of my life to hear that my children are consistently living their lives in the ways of truth."
• 1 Corinthians 16:13: "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong."
• Proverbs 14:26: "Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge"
• 1 Timothy 5:8: "But if someone doesn’t provide for their own family, and especially for a member of their household, they have denied the faith. They are worse than those who have no faith."
• Proverbs 4:1-2: "Hear, children, fatherly instruction; pay attention to gain understanding. I'll teach you well. Don't abandon my instruction."
• Proverbs 4:11-12: "I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble."