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Want to know what the Bible says about Absent Fathers? Here are 16 Bible verses about Absent Fathers from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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1 Timothy 5:8 NIV
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Psalm 68:5 NIV
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.
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Proverbs 27:8 NIV
Like a bird that flees its nest
    is anyone who flees from home.
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Luke 14:26 NIV
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.
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Ephesians 6:4 NIV
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Luke 9:60 NIV
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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Psalm 27:10 NIV
Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.
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Proverbs 13:22 NIV
A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
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Proverbs 22:6 NIV
Start children off on the way they should go,
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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Matthew 11:28 NIV
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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