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The 14 most-voted verses about absent fathers, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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

1 Timothy 5:8 (BSB)

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.

1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV)

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8 (WEB)

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

Psalm 68:5 (BSB)

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

Psalm 68:5 (KJV)

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

Psalm 68:5 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 27:8 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 27:8 (KJV)

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

Proverbs 27:8 (WEB)

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

Ephesians 6:4 (BSB)

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

Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 (WEB)

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

Psalm 27:10 (BSB)

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

Psalm 27:10 (KJV)

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

Psalm 27:10 (WEB)

And 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.”

Malachi 4:6 (BSB)

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.

Malachi 4:6 (KJV)

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

Malachi 4:6 (WEB)

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

Luke 9:60 (BSB)

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

Luke 9:60 (KJV)

But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”

Luke 9:60 (WEB)

“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.

Luke 14:26 (BSB)

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.

Luke 14:26 (KJV)

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Luke 14:26 (WEB)

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

Psalm 146:9 (BSB)

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

Psalm 146:9 (KJV)

The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

Psalm 146:9 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 13:22 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 13:22 (KJV)

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Proverbs 13:22 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 22:6 (BSB)

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

Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 22:6 (WEB)

Woe 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!”

Zechariah 11:17 (BSB)

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.

Zechariah 11:17 (KJV)

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”

Zechariah 11:17 (WEB)

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

Matthew 11:28 (BSB)

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

Matthew 11:28 (KJV)

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28 (WEB)

Pure 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.

James 1:27 (BSB)

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.

James 1:27 (KJV)

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 1:27 (WEB)

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