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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 Chronicles 1:2

    “Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.”

  2. 2 Chronicles 1:8

    “Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.”

  3. 2 Chronicles 1:9

    “Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.”

  4. 2 Chronicles 2:3

    “Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.”

  5. 2 Chronicles 2:7

    ““Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.”

  6. 2 Chronicles 2:13

    “Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father’s,”

  7. 2 Chronicles 2:14

    “the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, in timber, and in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.”

  8. 2 Chronicles 2:17

    “Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.”

  9. 2 Chronicles 3:1

    “Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.”

  10. 2 Chronicles 4:16

    “Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright brass.”

  11. 2 Chronicles 5:1

    “Thus all the work that Solomon did for Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of God’s house.”

  12. 2 Chronicles 5:2

    “Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.”

  13. 2 Chronicles 6:4

    “He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,”

  14. 2 Chronicles 6:7

    “Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

  15. 2 Chronicles 6:8

    “But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;”

  16. 2 Chronicles 6:10

    ““Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

  17. 2 Chronicles 6:15

    “who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.”

  18. 2 Chronicles 6:16

    ““Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’”

  19. 2 Chronicles 6:25

    “then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.”

  20. 2 Chronicles 6:31

    “that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.”

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.