Quotes about Father
Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
— 2 Samuel 3:7
But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
— 2 Samuel 6:21
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
— 2 Samuel 7:14
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
— 2 Samuel 15:34
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
— 2 Samuel 16:22
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
— 2 Samuel 17:8
Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
— 2 Samuel 17:10
(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
— 1 Kings 1:6
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
— 1 Kings 2:10
And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
— 1 Kings 3:3
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
— 1 Kings 5:1
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
— 1 Kings 5:3