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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. Isaiah 14:21

    “Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.”

  2. Isaiah 22:21

    “and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.”

  3. Isaiah 22:23

    “I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.”

  4. Isaiah 22:24

    “They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.”

  5. Isaiah 37:12

    “Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?”

  6. Isaiah 38:5

    ““Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh says, the God of David your father, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.”

  7. Isaiah 38:19

    “The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.”

  8. Isaiah 39:6

    “‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up until today, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh.”

  9. Isaiah 39:7

    “‘They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.’””

  10. Isaiah 43:27

    “Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.”

  11. Isaiah 45:10

    “Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘To what have you given birth?’””

  12. Isaiah 49:23

    “Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.””

  13. Isaiah 51:2

    “Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.”

  14. Isaiah 58:14

    “then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.”

  15. Isaiah 63:16

    “For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.”

  16. Isaiah 64:8

    “But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.”

  17. Isaiah 64:11

    “Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.”

  18. Isaiah 65:7

    “your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says Yahweh, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.””

  19. Jeremiah 2:5

    “Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?”

  20. Jeremiah 2:27

    “who tell wood, ‘You are my father;’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me:’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us.’”

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.