What Does the Bible Say About Dead Beat-dads?

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 12 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.”

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, ...

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Proverbs 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.

Psalm 103:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 5 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.”

Genesis 18:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Hebrews 12:7 ESV / 4 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?

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV / 3 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.

Deuteronomy 1:29-31 ESV / 3 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.’

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”

John 3:16 ESV / 2 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.

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 23:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Chronicles 29:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

22 Bible Verses about Dead Beat-dads

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 103:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 18:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 1:29-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 29:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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22 Bible Verses about Dead Beat-dads

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 18:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 12:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 1:29-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 23:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Malachi 4:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 103:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 18:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 1:29-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 29:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote