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Bible Verses About Family

Bible verses on family — parents, children, household faith, blessings.

8 verses · curated by hand

Joshua 24:15

"If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”"

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Ruth 1:16

"Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God."

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Proverbs 17:17

"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."

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Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."

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Exodus 20:12

"“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you."

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Psalms 127:3

"Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."

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Psalms 127:1

"A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain."

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Ephesians 6:1

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."

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From the wider Bible

More verses about family in Scripture

1,669 passages mentioning “father” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. Numbers 2:32

    “These are those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were counted of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.”

  2. Numbers 2:34

    “Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.”

  3. Numbers 3:4

    “Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.”

  4. Numbers 3:15

    ““Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.””

  5. Numbers 3:20

    “The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.”

  6. Numbers 3:24

    “The prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.”

  7. Numbers 3:30

    “The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.”

  8. Numbers 3:35

    “The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.”

  9. Numbers 4:2

    ““Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,”

  10. Numbers 4:22

    ““Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;”

  11. Numbers 4:29

    ““As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;”

  12. Numbers 4:34

    “Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,”

  13. Numbers 4:38

    “Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers’ houses,”

  14. Numbers 4:40

    “even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.”

  15. Numbers 4:42

    “Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,”

  16. Numbers 4:46

    “All those who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,”

  17. Numbers 6:7

    “He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head.”

  18. Numbers 7:2

    “the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were counted:”

  19. Numbers 10:29

    “Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.””

  20. Numbers 11:12

    “Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?’”

Frequently asked

Questions about family in the Bible

What does the Bible say about family?
Ephesians 5-6 lays out family relationships — spouses, parents, children. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 calls parents to talk about God's commands "when you sit at home, when you walk, when you lie down, when you get up." Family is the first place faith is taught.
Which Bible verse is best for family?
Joshua 24:15 ("As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord"), Proverbs 22:6, and Psalm 127:1 are the three most-shared verses on household faith.
What does the Bible say about parents?
Proverbs 22:6 commands training a child in the right way. Ephesians 6:4 calls fathers not to provoke their children. Exodus 20:12 — the fifth commandment — calls children to honour their father and mother.