IMPORTANT VERSES IN THE BIBLE ON FAMILY
VERSES FROM THE BIBLE ON FAMILY
When God created humans, he designed us to live in families. Family relationships, therefore, are important to God. Even the church, the universal body of believers, is called the family of God. When we receive God's Spirit at salvation, we are adopted into his family. This collection of Bible verses about family will help you focus on the various relational aspects of a godly family unit.
Read
verses that give the biblical perspective on subjects relating to families,
such as love, family relationships, family problems, family values, children,
strength, and death. Read verses from the Holy Bible about family in relation
to God, Jesus Christ, and the Christian faith.
DEUTERONOMY 5:16
“Honor
your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that
you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your
God is giving you.
PROVERBS 1:8
Listen,
my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
PROVERBS 6:20
My son,
keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
PROVERBS 15:20
A wise
son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
MATTHEW 15:4
For God
said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or
mother must be put to death.’
GENESIS 18:17-19
The LORD
said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham
shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed in him? 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.”
GENESIS 30:22-24
Then God
remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived
and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” And she called his
name Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add to me another son!”
EPHESIANS 6:1-2
Children,
obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”–which is the
first commandment with a promise.
COLOSSIANS 3:20
Children,
obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
PSALM 103:17
But from
everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his
righteousness with their children’s children.
JOSHUA 24:15
But if
serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my
household, we will serve the LORD.
PROVERBS 11:29
He who
brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be
servant to the wise.
PROVERBS 15:27
A greedy
man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.
PROVERBS
31:15-17
She gets
up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for
her servant girls. She considers a field
and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms
are strong for her tasks.
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.
PSALM 127:3-5
Children
are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him. Children born to a young
man are like arrows in a warrior's hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is
full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the
city gates.
PSALM 128:3
Your
wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like
olive shoots around your table.
PROVERBS 12:7
The
wicked die and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm.
PROVERBS 22:6
Direct
your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave
it.
MARK 3:23-25
Jesus
called them over and responded with an illustration. "How can Satan cast
out Satan?" he asked. "A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse.
Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart."
ACTS 18:8
Crispus,
the leader of the synagogue, and everyone in his household believed in the
Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard Paul, became believers, and were
baptized.
ROMANS 8:15
For you
did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have
received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba!
Father!"
ROMANS 9:4
They are
the people of Israel, chosen to be God's adopted children. God revealed his
glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them
the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
EPHESIANS 1:5
God
decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself
through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great
pleasure.
EPHESIANS 2:19
So now
you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along
with all of God's holy people. You are members of God's family.
EPHESIANS 3:14-15
For this
reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and
on earth is named ...
EPHESIANS 6:1–2
Children,
obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and
mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise) ...
EPHESIANS 6:4
Fathers,
do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring
them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
COLOSSIANS 3:20
Children,
always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord.
1 TIMOTHY 3:2-5
So an
elder must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his
wife. He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation.
He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach. He must
not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and
not love money. He must manage his own family well, having children who respect
and obey him. For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take
care of God's church?
1 TIMOTHY 5:8
But if
anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household,
he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
