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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. Psalms 146:9

    “Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.”

  2. Psalms 151:1

    “This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though extra, composed when he fought in single combat with Goliath. I was small among my brothers, and youngest in my father’s house. I tended my father’s sheep.”

  3. Psalms 151:4

    “He sent forth his angel and took me from my father’s sheep, and he anointed me with his anointing oil.”

  4. Proverbs 1:8

    “My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:”

  5. Proverbs 3:12

    “for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.”

  6. Proverbs 4:1

    “Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;”

  7. Proverbs 4:3

    “For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.”

  8. Proverbs 6:20

    “My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.”

  9. Proverbs 10:1

    “The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.”

  10. Proverbs 13:1

    “A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.”

  11. Proverbs 15:5

    “A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.”

  12. Proverbs 15:20

    “A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.”

  13. Proverbs 17:6

    “Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.”

  14. Proverbs 17:21

    “He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.”

  15. Proverbs 17:25

    “A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.”

  16. Proverbs 19:13

    “A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.”

  17. Proverbs 19:14

    “House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.”

  18. Proverbs 19:26

    “He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.”

  19. Proverbs 20:20

    “Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.”

  20. Proverbs 22:28

    “Don’t move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.”

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.