He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.

He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done.

The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,

Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

Look, our fathers died violently and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off because of this.

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.

The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.