~ as a father ~ 19_PSA_103_013  Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him. # , 20_PRO_03_12  For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth. #, 52_1TH_02_11  As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children, #, 54_1TI_05_01  Rebuke not an elder, but entreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren; #,