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What Does the Bible Say About Absent Fathers?

Here are 15 Bible verses about absent fathers, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

    BSBIf anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  2. #2Psalms 68:5

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

    BSBA father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

  3. #3Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

    BSBFathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  4. #4Proverbs 27:8

    As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

    BSBLike a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

  5. #5Psalms 27:10

    When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

    BSBThough my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

  6. #6Luke 9:60

    Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

    BSBBut Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

  7. #7Malachi 4:6

    And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

    BSBAnd he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

  8. #8Luke 14:26

    If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

    BSB“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

  9. #9Psalms 146:9

    The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

    BSBThe LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

  10. #10Proverbs 13:22

    A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

    BSBA good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

  11. #11Proverbs 22:6

    Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

    BSBTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  12. #12James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

    BSBPure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

  13. #13Matthew 11:28

    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

    BSBCome to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

  14. #14Exodus 22:22-24

    Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

    BSBYou must not mistreat any widow or orphan. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.

  15. #15Zechariah 11:17

    Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

    BSBWoe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

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