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100 Bible Verses about God The Father

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 663 helpful votes

Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Ephesians 4:6 ESV / 576 helpful votes

One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Matthew 23:9 ESV / 513 helpful votes

And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 450 helpful votes

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Isaiah 64:8 ESV / 404 helpful votes

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Malachi 2:10 ESV / 340 helpful votes

Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Psalm 103:13 ESV / 307 helpful votes

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 294 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

James 1:17 ESV / 292 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

John 14:9-11 ESV / 261 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

Isaiah 63:16 ESV / 253 helpful votes

For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 243 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:1 ESV / 237 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

John 3:16 ESV / 233 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 1:14 ESV / 217 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Luke 10:21-22 ESV / 209 helpful votes

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 204 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV / 202 helpful votes

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.

John 10:30 ESV / 184 helpful votes

I and the Father are one.”

John 14:10 ESV / 178 helpful votes

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 170 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Romans 8:15 ESV / 157 helpful votes

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!”

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 157 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

John 14:26 ESV / 155 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 14:6 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 137 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Matthew 11:27 ESV / 134 helpful votes

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 133 helpful votes

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

2 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 132 helpful votes

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

John 14:9 ESV / 124 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 14:2 ESV / 122 helpful votes

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

John 1:18 ESV / 122 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 120 helpful votes

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 119 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Luke 15:20 ESV / 117 helpful votes

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 111 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Matthew 3:16-17 ESV / 110 helpful votes

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 7:9-11 ESV / 104 helpful votes

Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Deuteronomy 32:6 ESV / 103 helpful votes

Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

Proverbs 14:26 ESV / 101 helpful votes

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

1 John 4:14 ESV / 99 helpful votes

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

Proverbs 23:24 ESV / 99 helpful votes

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

Proverbs 23:22 ESV / 96 helpful votes

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 92 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Matthew 1:23 ESV / 91 helpful votes

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

John 20:17 ESV / 90 helpful votes

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 90 helpful votes

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 90 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Joshua 24:15 ESV / 89 helpful votes

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Hebrews 12:7 ESV / 88 helpful votes

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Psalm 127:3-5 ESV / 88 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. 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.

Psalm 2:7 ESV / 88 helpful votes

I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

John 1:1 ESV / 84 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Mark 14:36 ESV / 83 helpful votes

And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

John 1:12 ESV / 79 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Deuteronomy 1:29-31 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

Isaiah 44:6 ESV / 78 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

John 14:23 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 76 helpful votes

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Romans 8:29 ESV / 74 helpful votes

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Mark 1:11 ESV / 74 helpful votes

And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Luke 12:32 ESV / 70 helpful votes

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

John 4:24 ESV / 69 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Matthew 7:11 ESV / 68 helpful votes

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 66 helpful votes

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 64 helpful votes

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Luke 11:13 ESV / 64 helpful votes

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Matthew 10:29-31 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Romans 8:14 ESV / 63 helpful votes

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Matthew 10:20 ESV / 63 helpful votes

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Romans 15:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes

That together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 61 helpful votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Proverbs 20:7 ESV / 61 helpful votes

The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!

1 John 5:20 ESV / 60 helpful votes

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Isaiah 43:10 ESV / 60 helpful votes

“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

John 1:3 ESV / 58 helpful votes

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 56 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 ESV / 56 helpful votes

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 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. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

John 14:21 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

Matthew 7:7-10 ESV / 55 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

James 1:5 ESV / 53 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Isaiah 43:11 ESV / 53 helpful votes

I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.

Revelation 4:11 ESV / 52 helpful votes

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 52 helpful votes

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Romans 8:32 ESV / 51 helpful votes

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

John 8:41 ESV / 51 helpful votes

You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.”

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 48 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

John 3:13 ESV / 48 helpful votes

No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

James 2:19 ESV / 47 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Romans 1:20 ESV / 47 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

John 14:13 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV / 46 helpful votes

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Matthew 3:17 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Titus 1:2 ESV / 44 helpful votes

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Isaiah 42:8 ESV / 43 helpful votes

I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.

1 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV / 42 helpful votes

So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Romans 8:19 ESV / 42 helpful votes

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

Mark 12:29 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 41 helpful votes

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

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