Quotes about Fatherhood

Fathers need to be tough and tender...you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place.

And when we did come out [of prison], my children said, "We thought we had a father and one day he'd come back. But to our dismay, our father came back and he left us alone because he has now become the father of the nation.

For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!

Whenever my dad wasn't working, he'd take me along to pass out biblical tracts on street corners or in visits to the local prison.

1 Kings 1:6: his father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" That was the foundation of all the mischief. David was an overindulgent father, a father who let his children have their own way, and he reaped according as he had sown.

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.