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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 28:25

    “In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger.”

  2. 2 Chronicles 28:27

    “Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.”

  3. 2 Chronicles 29:2

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

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:5

    “and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify Yahweh, the God of your fathers’ house, and carry the filthiness out of the holy place.”

  5. 2 Chronicles 29:6

    “For our fathers were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in Yahweh our God’s sight, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.”

  6. 2 Chronicles 29:9

    “For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.”

  7. 2 Chronicles 30:7

    “Don’t be like your fathers and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.”

  8. 2 Chronicles 30:8

    “Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.”

  9. 2 Chronicles 30:19

    “who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.””

  10. 2 Chronicles 30:22

    “Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.”

  11. 2 Chronicles 31:17

    “and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;”

  12. 2 Chronicles 32:13

    “Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand?”

  13. 2 Chronicles 32:14

    “Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?”

  14. 2 Chronicles 32:15

    “Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?””

  15. 2 Chronicles 32:33

    “Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.”

  16. 2 Chronicles 33:3

    “For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.”

  17. 2 Chronicles 33:8

    “I will not any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law, the statutes, and the ordinances given by Moses.””

  18. 2 Chronicles 33:12

    “When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.”

  19. 2 Chronicles 33:20

    “So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his place.”

  20. 2 Chronicles 33:22

    “He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.”

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.