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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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In chapterRuth 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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In chapterProverbs 17:17
"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."
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In chapterProverbs 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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In chapterExodus 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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In chapterPsalms 127:3
"Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."
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In chapterFrom 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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Genesis 5:28
“Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.”
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Genesis 5:30
“Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 5:32
“Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
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Genesis 6:10
“Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
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Genesis 9:18
“The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.”
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Genesis 9:22
“Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.”
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Genesis 9:23
“Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.”
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Genesis 10:8
“Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.”
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Genesis 10:13
“Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,”
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Genesis 10:15
“Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,”
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Genesis 10:21
“Children were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.”
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Genesis 10:24
“Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.”
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Genesis 10:26
“Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,”
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Genesis 11:10
“This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.”
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Genesis 11:11
“Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:12
“Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.”
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Genesis 11:13
“Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:14
“Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.”
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Genesis 11:15
“Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:16
“Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.”
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