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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. 2 Samuel 21:14

    “They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer for the land.”

  2. 2 Samuel 24:17

    “David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.””

  3. 1 Kings 1:6

    “His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.”

  4. 1 Kings 1:21

    “Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.””

  5. 1 Kings 2:10

    “David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.”

  6. 1 Kings 2:12

    “Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.”

  7. 1 Kings 2:24

    “Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on my father David’s throne, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.””

  8. 1 Kings 2:26

    “To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord Yahweh’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.””

  9. 1 Kings 2:31

    “The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.”

  10. 1 Kings 2:32

    “Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.”

  11. 1 Kings 2:44

    “The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.”

  12. 1 Kings 3:3

    “Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father; except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.”

  13. 1 Kings 3:6

    “Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.”

  14. 1 Kings 3:7

    “Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.”

  15. 1 Kings 3:14

    “If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.””

  16. 1 Kings 5:1

    “Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David.”

  17. 1 Kings 5:3

    ““You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.”

  18. 1 Kings 5:5

    “Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’”

  19. 1 Kings 6:12

    ““Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.”

  20. 1 Kings 7:14

    “He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.”

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.