Jeremiah 3:4
3:4 Even now you say to me, ‘You are my father!
You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
Isaiah 63:16
63:16 For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our father;
you have been called our protector from ancient times.
Isaiah 64:8
64:8 Yet, Lord, you are our father.
We are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the product of your labor.
Matthew 6:8-9
6:8 Do
not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
6:9 So pray this way:
Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,
Romans 8:15-17
8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear,
but you received the Spirit of adoption,
by whom
we cry, “Abba, Father.”
8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness to
our spirit that we are God’s children.
8:17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)
– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
Galatians 4:5
4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.