Bible Verse About Fathers Love For His Daughter

Dear friends, A father’s love for his daughter is a precious thing. From the moment she is born, he feels a deep sense of protection, joy and responsibility in caring for this new life. As she grows, he delights in getting to know her unique personality and talents.

The Bible gives fathers beautiful examples of how to cherish their daughters. Fathers like Jairus humbly bring their sick daughters to Jesus for healing. Others, like the persistent widow, advocate tirelessly for their daughters’ wellbeing. Still others, like King David, mourn deeply when their daughters face trauma and grief.

As a father, I must reflect the patient, selfless love of God in how I treat my daughter. This means listening more than lecturing, affirming more than criticizing and sacrificing my comfort to ensure her needs are met. It means valuing her opinions, even when they differ from mine. It means pointing her to Christ not only in word, but with my own life lived under His lordship.

The rewards of loving my daughter in these ways are incalculable. The privilege of guiding her through life’s challenges, rejoicing with her in its blessings and seeing her mature into a godly woman of strength and kindness bring me profound joy. My prayer is that my imperfect but sincere love will help set her on a path to embracing her identity as a precious daughter of her heavenly Father.

Now let’s explore some biblical accounts of fathers who dearly loved their daughters.

Fathers Nurturing Their Daughters:

Ephesians 6:4
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”

Colossians 3:21
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged”

Proverbs 4:1-2
“Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law”

Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”

Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up”

1 Thessalonians 2:11
“As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children”

Fathers’ Wisdom and Teaching:

Proverbs 3:1-2
“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee”

Proverbs 4:3-4
“For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live”

Proverbs 27:11
“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me”

Proverbs 31:1-2
“The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?”

Ecclesiastes 12:1
“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them”

Proverbs 1:8-9
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck”

Protection and Care by Fathers:

Psalm 103:13
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him”

Proverbs 14:26
“In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge”

2 Corinthians 12:14
“Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children”

Matthew 7:9-11
“Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”

Luke 11:11-13
“If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”

Proverbs 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”

Love and Affection from Fathers:

Proverbs 17:6
“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers”

Proverbs 23:24-25
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice”

3 John 1:4
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth”

Proverbs 15:20
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother”

Proverbs 29:17
“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul”

Proverbs 10:1
“The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother”

Discipline and Guidance by Fathers:

Hebrews 12:7
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?”

Proverbs 3:12
“For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth”

Proverbs 19:18
“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying”

Proverbs 29:15
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame”

Proverbs 13:24
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes”

Proverbs 23:13-14
“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell”

Blessings and Wishes from Fathers:

Proverbs 5:1-2
“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge”

Genesis 49:28
“All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them”

Proverbs 20:7
“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him”

Numbers 6:24-26
“The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace”