Bible Verses About Family

Family is one of the most important aspects of life, and the Bible offers a lot of wisdom on how to nurture and appreciate our family relationships. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses that highlight the significance of family, offering guidance on love, respect, and unity. Whether you’re looking for ways to strengthen family bonds or seeking comfort and encouragement, these verses will provide insight and inspiration. Let’s dive into these scriptures and discover how God’s word can help us cherish and support our families.

Bible Verses About Family

Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

Exodus 20:12 – “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”

Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Colossians 3:20 – “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:1-3 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—this is the first commandment with a promise—‘that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.’”

1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Psalm 127:3 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”

Proverbs 1:8 – “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.”

1 Peter 3:7 – “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”

Proverbs 31:28 – “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.”

Joshua 24:15 – “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”

Matthew 19:14 – “But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’”

Romans 13:14 – “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.”

1 John 4:7 – “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”

Proverbs 3:12 – “For the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.”

Luke 11:9-10 – “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

Titus 2:4-5 – “Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”

Psalm 68:6 – “God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.”

1 Corinthians 13:4 – “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.”

Genesis 18:19 – “For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Proverbs 15:20 – “A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.”

Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”

1 Timothy 3:4 – “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive.”

Proverbs 17:6 – “Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.”

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.”

Hebrews 13:4 – “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”

Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”

Psalm 128:3 – “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.”

2 Timothy 1:5 – “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.”

Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.”

Deuteronomy 4:9 – “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children.”

1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”

Proverbs 31:21 – “She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.”

Proverbs 11:29 – “Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.”

Titus 1:6 – “If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.”

Matthew 5:14 – “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”

Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

Proverbs 24:3-4 – “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”

1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 – “But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.”

Hebrews 11:7 – “By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.”

Proverbs 31:10 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.”

Psalm 127:1 – “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.”

Mark 10:9 – “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Psalm 128:1-2 – “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.”

Acts 16:31 – “And they said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.'”

Matthew 12:50 – “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Genesis 30:1 – “When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, ‘Give me children, or I shall die!'”

1 Samuel 1:27 – “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.”

John 14:27 – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”

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