- Proverbs (ch. X, v. 1)
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs (ch. XXII, v. 6)
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Ephesians 6:4
Fathers do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in Heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- Psalms ch. CXXVIII, v. 3)
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Bible has greatly mentioned about the role of a father in a child's life. Read them and understand the complex role of a father in the life of his child.
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