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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 11:17
“Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:18
“Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.”
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Genesis 11:19
“Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:20
“Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.”
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Genesis 11:21
“Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:22
“Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.”
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Genesis 11:23
“Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:24
“Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.”
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Genesis 11:25
“Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:26
“Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”
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Genesis 11:27
“Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.”
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Genesis 11:28
“Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
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Genesis 11:29
“Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.”
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Genesis 12:1
“Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.”
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Genesis 15:15
“but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.”
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Genesis 17:4
““As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.”
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Genesis 17:5
“Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.”
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Genesis 17:20
“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.”
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Genesis 19:31
“The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.”
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Genesis 19:32
“Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line .””
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