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Bible Verses About Family
Bible verses on family — parents, children, household faith, blessings.
8 verses · curated by hand
Joshua 24:15
"If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”"
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In chapterRuth 1:16
"Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God."
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In chapterProverbs 17:17
"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."
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In chapterProverbs 22:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
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In chapterExodus 20:12
"“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you."
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In chapterPsalms 127:3
"Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."
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In chapterFrom the wider Bible
More verses about family in Scripture
1,669 passages mentioning “father” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.
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Malachi 1:6
““A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’”
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Malachi 2:10
“Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?”
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Malachi 3:5
“I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.”
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Malachi 3:7
“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’”
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Malachi 4:6
“He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.””
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Matthew 1:2
“Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.”
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Matthew 1:3
“Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.”
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Matthew 1:4
“Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.”
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Matthew 1:5
“Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.”
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Matthew 1:6
“Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.”
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Matthew 1:7
“Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.”
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Matthew 1:8
“Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.”
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Matthew 1:9
“Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.”
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Matthew 1:10
“Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.”
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Matthew 1:11
“Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.”
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Matthew 1:12
“After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.”
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Matthew 1:13
“Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.”
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Matthew 1:14
“Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.”
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Matthew 1:15
“Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.”
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Matthew 1:16
“Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”
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