Bible Verses about absent fathers

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in. ~ Psalm 27:10 ESV

#psalms 27 #fathers who leave their children #paranoia #abandoning friends #abusive parents #adoption #self worth #family conflict #losing a loved one #absent fathers #controlling parents

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ~ Matthew 11:28 ESV

#gratitude #trials #broken hearted #labor #strength #asking for help #confidence in the lord #handicaps #quitting #resting #feeling

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ~ Ephesians 6:4 ESV

#punishing children #a husband #child abandonment #mothers and sons #responsibilities #child dedication #training up a child #living for god #deadbeat dads #let the children come #spanking children

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6 ESV

#punishing children #slothfulness #children being a blessing #hedges #being a good wife #generation curse #infants #responsibilities #parents #loving your son #marriage and family

And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” ~ Luke 9:60 ESV

#absent fathers #luke #luke 9 #outreach #preaching #luke 9:60 #procrastinating

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. ~ Psalm 68:5 ESV

#helping the poor #absent fathers #helping those in need #god the father #serving the poor #adoption #psalm 68:5 #being taken advantage of #helping #respecting women #nagging husband

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. ~ Isaiah 30:21 ESV

#conscience #democracy #absent fathers #travel #expectations #discern gods will #the way #walking with god #decision making #direction #voting

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. ~ Proverbs 27:8 ESV

#absent fathers #proverbs #birds #proverbs 27:8 #proverbs 27

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. ~ Luke 14:26 ESV

#chi #choose life #repetitious prayer #disciple #remarry #families broken #hating someone #divorce and marriage #loving your brother and sister #children leaving their parents #robbery

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. ~ 1 Timothy 5:8 ESV

#legal separation #slothfulness #a husband #marriage and the family #self #self-defense #work hard #parents #helping the needy #raising up leaders #conflict

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous. ~ Proverbs 13:22 ESV

#debts #parents #the rich man #test #gambling #children and death #righteous #child rearing #today #grandchildren #grandparents

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ ~ Luke 14:28-30 ESV

#finishing well #being organized #absent fathers #luke #economics #budgeting #money management #co-signing #preparation #finishing what you start #frustration