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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. Genesis 28:13

    “Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring .”

  2. Genesis 28:21

    “so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,”

  3. Genesis 29:9

    “While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.”

  4. Genesis 29:12

    “Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.”

  5. Genesis 31:1

    “He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s, has he gotten all this wealth.””

  6. Genesis 31:3

    “Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.””

  7. Genesis 31:5

    “and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.”

  8. Genesis 31:6

    “You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.”

  9. Genesis 31:7

    “Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.”

  10. Genesis 31:9

    “Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.”

  11. Genesis 31:14

    “Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?”

  12. Genesis 31:16

    “For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.””

  13. Genesis 31:18

    “and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.”

  14. Genesis 31:19

    “Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.”

  15. Genesis 31:29

    “It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’”

  16. Genesis 31:30

    “Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?””

  17. Genesis 31:35

    “She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.”

  18. Genesis 31:42

    “Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.””

  19. Genesis 31:53

    “The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.”

  20. Genesis 32:9

    “Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’”

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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.