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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. Joshua 2:13

    “and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.””

  2. Joshua 2:18

    “Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.”

  3. Joshua 4:6

    “that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’”

  4. Joshua 4:21

    “He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’”

  5. Joshua 5:6

    “For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn’t let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

  6. Joshua 6:23

    “The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.”

  7. Joshua 6:25

    “But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.”

  8. Joshua 14:1

    “These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,”

  9. Joshua 15:13

    “He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).”

  10. Joshua 15:18

    “When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off of her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?””

  11. Joshua 17:1

    “This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.”

  12. Joshua 17:4

    “They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.”

  13. Joshua 18:3

    “Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?”

  14. Joshua 19:47

    “The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their forefather.”

  15. Joshua 19:51

    “These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.”

  16. Joshua 21:1

    “Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.”

  17. Joshua 21:11

    “They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.”

  18. Joshua 21:43

    “So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.”

  19. Joshua 21:44

    “Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.”

  20. Joshua 22:14

    “With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.”

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.