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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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More verses about family in Scripture

1,669 passages mentioning “father” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:32

    “Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.”

  2. Nehemiah 9:34

    “Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.”

  3. Nehemiah 9:36

    ““Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.”

  4. Nehemiah 10:34

    “We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on Yahweh our God’s altar, as it is written in the law;”

  5. Nehemiah 11:13

    “and his brothers, chiefs of fathers’ households, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,”

  6. Nehemiah 12:10

    “Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,”

  7. Nehemiah 12:11

    “and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.”

  8. Nehemiah 12:12

    “In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;”

  9. Nehemiah 12:22

    “As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.”

  10. Nehemiah 12:23

    “The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.”

  11. Nehemiah 13:18

    “Didn’t your fathers do thus, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.””

  12. Esther 2:7

    “He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.”

  13. Esther 4:14

    “For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?””

  14. Esther 14:5

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  15. Esther 16:11

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  16. Job 6:27

    “Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.”

  17. Job 8:8

    ““Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.”

  18. Job 15:10

    “With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.”

  19. Job 15:18

    “(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;”

  20. Job 17:14

    “If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’”

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.