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

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  1. Jeremiah 3:4

    “Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth?’”

  2. Jeremiah 3:18

    “In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.”

  3. Jeremiah 3:19

    ““But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’”

  4. Jeremiah 3:24

    “But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”

  5. Jeremiah 3:25

    “Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.””

  6. Jeremiah 5:28

    “They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.”

  7. Jeremiah 6:21

    “Therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish.””

  8. Jeremiah 7:6

    “if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:”

  9. Jeremiah 7:7

    “then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forever more.”

  10. Jeremiah 7:14

    “therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.”

  11. Jeremiah 7:18

    “The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.”

  12. Jeremiah 7:22

    “For I didn’t speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:”

  13. Jeremiah 7:25

    “Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:”

  14. Jeremiah 7:26

    “yet they didn’t listen to me, nor did they incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.”

  15. Jeremiah 9:14

    “but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.””

  16. Jeremiah 9:16

    “I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.””

  17. Jeremiah 11:4

    “which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,’ saying, ‘Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;”

  18. Jeremiah 11:5

    “that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is today.” Then answered I, and said, “Amen, Yahweh.””

  19. Jeremiah 11:7

    “For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, “Obey my voice.””

  20. Jeremiah 11:10

    “They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their 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.