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Bible Verses About Family

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

8 verses · curated by hand

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

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  1. Numbers 12:14

    “Yahweh said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.””

  2. Numbers 13:2

    ““Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.””

  3. Numbers 14:18

    “‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’”

  4. Numbers 14:23

    “surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.”

  5. Numbers 17:2

    ““Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.”

  6. Numbers 17:3

    “You shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.”

  7. Numbers 17:6

    “Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was among their rods.”

  8. Numbers 18:1

    “Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.”

  9. Numbers 18:2

    “Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony.”

  10. Numbers 20:15

    “how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.”

  11. Numbers 25:14

    “Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.”

  12. Numbers 25:15

    “The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.”

  13. Numbers 26:2

    ““Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.””

  14. Numbers 26:29

    “The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.”

  15. Numbers 26:55

    “Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.”

  16. Numbers 26:58

    “These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.”

  17. Numbers 27:3

    ““Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons.”

  18. Numbers 27:4

    “Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.””

  19. Numbers 27:7

    ““The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.”

  20. Numbers 27:10

    “If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.”

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.