FATHERS
(See also Apostolic Fathers; Church Fathers; Eternal Father [Isaiah 9:6]; Headship; Husbands; Parents; Stepfamily)
(Note centered heading below: Bible Examples)
absent fathers: g04 8/22 3; g03 5/22 28; g01 7/22 30; g01 8/22 30; g00 2/8 3-11; g00 10/8 30; g00 10/22 30; g00 11/22 13-15; g00 12/22 25-27
present but unavailable: g04 8/22 3-4
runaway fathers: g01 2/8 30; g00 5/22 13-15
appreciation for fathers: g 3/13 7
Aramaic word abba: it-1 13-14; w09 4/1 13
avoiding “exasperating your children” (Col 3:21): w05 6/15 22; w97 8/1 12; g96 10/22 6; kl 148; g90 4/22 25-26
avoiding “irritating your children” (Eph 6:4): g04 11/8 27; w91 10/1 29-31
balance between congregation and family responsibilities: w96 10/15 20-24; w89 5/15 12
being a good father: ijwhf article 28; g 3/13 4-7; w08 10/1 18-21; w08 12/15 30; g05 6/8 30; g04 8/22 3-11
being refreshing: w89 5/15 12-13
Bible’s use of term: it-1 215, 814-815
Hiram-abi: it-1 1122
Bible times:
authority over daughter: it-1 436
authority over widowed or divorced daughter: it-1 436
spiritual needs of family: w95 9/15 21-22
bride-price custom: w22.02 30; w89 1/15 21-23
communication with family:
children: g 3/13 5
daughters: g00 5/22 29
sons: w11 11/1 19-20
consideration for wife:
caring for baby: g03 12/22 10
caring for children: w19.12 24; w88 3/1 24-25
having children: w88 3/1 24
working wives: w08 2/1 29
considering ideas of family: w08 3/15 7
coping with death of: ijwyp article 45; g04 6/8 6; g94 9/8 21-23
decisions: w21.02 7; w89 5/15 12-13
decisiveness:
family’s spirituality: w95 9/15 21
discussion: scl 45; it-1 814-815
example for children: w11 11/1 18; jr 141; w08 10/1 19, 21
example for family: g04 8/22 9-10; w93 9/1 14
examples: g04 8/22 5-7
bus driver: g 3/13 6
declines higher-paying job: w13 9/15 26
family study: w16.10 6; w11 8/15 6; yb90 243-244; w87 8/15 20
family study by deaf father: w09 11/15 30-31
family study despite business interruptions: km 2/99 4
family study despite visiting relatives: yb97 54
fathers now in branch office: w92 10/1 28-29
father teaches spiritual values: g93 10/8 21-22
from prison teaches children: g04 8/22 9-10
Israel (ancient): w95 9/15 22
large families: w99 2/15 10-12
leave distant work to live with family: yb07 93-94
ministerial servant: g99 11/8 30
patriarchal society: w95 9/15 20-21
pioneers: yb98 105-106; w88 12/1 27; w88 12/15 27; w87 2/1 16-17; w87 4/15 24; w86 7/15 29
quits job for more time with children: g04 8/22 4, 6-7; yb98 127-129; w88 8/1 11
teaches son from infancy: w88 8/1 14-15
video Taught by Jehovah to Raise Our Family: lff lesson 50
experiences:
12-year-old whose father left: g97 5/22 19
abusive father reconciled with son: ijwcl article 4
baby born as mother dies: g96 12/22 26-27
Buddhist father won over by family’s conduct: w94 1/1 27
captivated by picture in Knowledge book: g99 10/22 32
care for father after stroke: w93 9/15 17
ceases opposition after talk with mayor: w91 2/1 30
circuit assembly impresses: w95 4/15 9
counsel of elders helps relationship with son: w87 4/1 29-30
daughter impressed by example: yb15 71-72
daughter’s perseverance: w03 1/1 26
daughter’s stand on blood: w95 1/15 6-7
deceased father’s books: yb13 46-47
drunken gambler: w06 2/15 12
encouraged by five-year-old son: w04 8/15 32
helped by son with mental disabilities: w02 5/1 8
inactive son at deathbed: w06 5/15 30
kindness of Witness melts son’s opposition: w17.10 31
learns truth from son: w24.12 27-28
opposition from: yb10 233-237; g 9/08 12-14; yb02 62; g99 2/22 30
opposition from, overcome: yb90 51; w88 4/1 29-30
opposition from, softens after six years: g98 6/8 18-20
prevented from seeing daughter: w99 4/1 25-26
quick temper: w17.08 20
unbeliever counsels daughters using publications: yb08 62
unbelieving aged father: w97 9/1 7
unkempt drunk who beat family: yb99 63-64
violent opposition from father endured: ijwex article 29; yb93 63-64
violent temper: w19.04 32; w05 5/15 9
Watchtower cassettes circumvent prejudice: g91 4/22 20
won over: g98 2/22 31; yb96 57; w90 7/15 25-26; w90 8/15 23
expressing love for children: w08 10/1 19
feelings about abortion: g87 4/8 10-11
grief over death of offspring: we 3-5; g88 1/22 10-12; g87 8/8 8-9, 12; g87 11/22 28
grief over miscarriage or stillbirth: we 10
headship: w21.02 2-7; it-1 815; w95 9/15 20-21; w89 5/15 11-13; tp 136-138
Japan:
living apart from family: g94 12/8 28-29
respect for fathers: g86 6/8 30
seminars for fathers: g94 6/8 29
leaving family to work abroad: mwb25.09 3; w14 4/15 17-21; g 5/07 10; w03 7/15 12; w96 10/1 30; w91 4/1 27-28
life stories:
Helping My Family Become Spiritually Rich: g93 10/8 19-22
Jehovah Helped Me Meet Life’s Challenges: w06 10/1 11-15
My Father’s Faithful Example: g94 6/8 30; g94 6/22 30; g93 12/22 20-24
Our Rich Spiritual Heritage: w95 8/1 20-24
meaning of term: ijwbq article 125
pioneers: w96 5/15 31
playing with children: w11 11/1 19; w08 10/1 20
prayers: w19.09 17
preparing to be a father: w23.12 29
responsibilities: scl 45; it-1 815; w08 4/15 18-19; g01 8/22 31; fy 185; rq 16; w92 10/15 11; w90 3/1 21; km 4/89 7
administering discipline: w18.03 27; g 3/13 6; w08 10/1 20-21; w06 7/1 14; w89 1/15 27; w87 10/1 16-17; tp 172-173
children at meetings: w88 3/1 24-25
children living at home: w16.11 17; w88 3/1 24
deciding which congregation to serve with: w20.08 30
education of children: it-1 682-684; w95 9/15 22
emotional needs of children: w94 7/15 16-17
family Bible study: w96 10/15 23; km 10/87 1
family entertainment: w14 7/15 14
family field ministry: km 6/90 8; km 10/87 1
family finances: w09 8/1 10; w96 10/1 29-30
godly devotion in fulfilling: w90 3/1 21
helping family to be on time: w90 6/15 29
neglect of: w99 1/1 4
Noah’s example: w13 8/1 14; w90 4/15 13
presiding over household in fine manner: w96 10/15 22-23; w93 5/15 17-19
providing for family: scl 79; lvs 137; lv 116; w12 2/15 7; w05 6/15 18-20; w97 8/15 19-20; w96 10/1 29-31; w96 10/15 22-23
providing for family in case of death: w98 1/15 19-22
spiritual growth of family: tp 172
spiritual needs of family: g 3/13 7; w05 6/15 20-22; km 11/02 5-6; w95 9/15 21-22; w94 7/15 17-18; w93 9/1 11-12; w92 10/15 11; w91 9/1 30-31
role in child development: w11 11/1 18-19; g05 2/8 12; g01 8/22 31; w89 1/15 27; g87 5/22 8; tp 172-173
bonding: fy 54; g92 9/22 6
building son’s self-confidence: w11 11/1 20
“discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah” (Eph 6:4): w12 7/15 30-31; w11 8/1 6-7; w05 4/1 15-16; w99 7/1 12; w93 5/15 18-19
helping sons become men: g 12/12 18
spiritual needs: g 3/13 7; w92 10/15 11
single-parent families: g 11/12 2-10; g95 10/8 6
preparing daughters for onset of menstruation: g 5/06 11
staying close to sons: w11 11/1 18-20
subjection to Jehovah: w93 2/1 17-18
time with children: g 3/13 5; w11 11/1 18-19; g04 8/22 10-11; g01 12/22 32; g99 8/22 28
title “Father”: it-1 13-14, 815; g92 8/8 13; w89 3/1 6
Paul did not take (1Co 4:15): it-1 815
unbelieving father: fy 133-134
unwed fathers: g01 2/8 30; g00 4/22 13-15; g00 5/22 13-15; g90 5/8 26
whether the couple should marry: g00 5/22 14-15
value of playful contact with fetus through mother’s abdomen: g86 1/22 29
violence, physical or verbal: jd 121-122
when opposed to meeting attendance: fy 133-134; w88 4/1 29-30
Bible Examples
David: w19.09 17-18
Jehovah: w21.09 20-22; w20.02 2-3, 5-7; it-1 814; w15 6/15 21; w15 9/15 19; w14 2/15 16-17; w12 7/1 19-22; w10 2/15 3-5; w10 4/1 6-7; w08 1/1 25; w08 9/1 3-7; jd 50-53; w04 2/1 8-9; g04 8/22 8-9; ct 142; w93 12/15 11-12, 18-19; si 8; rs 411
baptism in name of: w10 3/15 11-12; wt 113
congratulated by angels: w87 4/1 13-14
“Father” not his name: it-2 8
Father of Adam: it-2 997; w89 8/1 12; ws 161
Father of ancient Israel: it-2 997-998; ip-2 361
Grandfather of human race: ws 169
illustration of lost son (Lu 15): jy 200, 202; gt chapter(s) 86; w89 2/1 8-9; w89 2/15 16-17
illustration of willingness to give (Mt 7; Lu 11): cf 114-115; w13 4/1 11; w06 12/15 22-23; w02 9/1 12; w90 5/15 14-15
instruction in Proverbs: w93 12/15 11-12
love for, as our Father: w20.02 8-11, 13
Jephthah: w99 7/1 9
Jesus Christ: w93 9/1 11; w89 5/15 11-13
dispute with religious leaders on fatherhood: jy 164-165; gt chapter 69; w88 5/15 8-9
“Eternal Father” (Isa 9:6): cf 23, 189; it-1 814; w14 2/15 12; w07 5/15 6; g 12/06 5-6; lr 192-193; ip-1 131; w87 4/1 18; ws 161-169
Job: w00 3/15 27
Joseph (adoptive father of Jesus): scl 45; ia 162, 164-171; w12 4/1 23-28; w95 1/15 29-31
Paul:
“father” to Corinthian congregation (1Co 4:15): it-1 510, 815; it-2 1134-1135; w93 8/1 15
Satan a father: jy 164; gt chapter 69; w88 5/15 8; ws 162