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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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Ruth 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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Proverbs 17:17

"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."

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Proverbs 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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Exodus 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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Psalms 127:3

"Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."

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Psalms 127:1

"A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain."

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Ephesians 6:1

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."

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From 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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  1. 2 Kings 14:3

    “He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.”

  2. 2 Kings 14:5

    “As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,”

  3. 2 Kings 14:6

    “but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.””

  4. 2 Kings 14:16

    “Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.”

  5. 2 Kings 14:20

    “They brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in David’s city.”

  6. 2 Kings 14:21

    “All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.”

  7. 2 Kings 14:22

    “He built Elath, and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.”

  8. 2 Kings 14:29

    “Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.”

  9. 2 Kings 15:3

    “He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.”

  10. 2 Kings 15:7

    “Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.”

  11. 2 Kings 15:9

    “He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as his fathers had done. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.”

  12. 2 Kings 15:22

    “Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.”

  13. 2 Kings 15:34

    “He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.”

  14. 2 Kings 15:38

    “Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.”

  15. 2 Kings 16:2

    “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh his God’s eyes, like David his father.”

  16. 2 Kings 16:20

    “Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.”

  17. 2 Kings 17:13

    “Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.””

  18. 2 Kings 17:14

    “Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn’t believe in Yahweh their God.”

  19. 2 Kings 17:15

    “They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.”

  20. 2 Kings 17:41

    “So these nations feared Yahweh, and also served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and their children’s children, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.”

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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.