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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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Ruth 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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Proverbs 17:17

"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."

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Proverbs 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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Exodus 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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Psalms 127:3

"Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."

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Psalms 127:1

"A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain."

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Ephesians 6:1

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."

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From 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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  1. Matthew 10:20

    “For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.”

  2. Matthew 10:21

    ““Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.”

  3. Matthew 10:29

    ““Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,”

  4. Matthew 10:32

    “Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.”

  5. Matthew 10:33

    “But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.”

  6. Matthew 10:35

    “For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

  7. Matthew 10:37

    “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.”

  8. Matthew 11:25

    “At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.”

  9. Matthew 11:26

    “Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

  10. Matthew 11:27

    “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.”

  11. Matthew 12:50

    “For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.””

  12. Matthew 13:43

    “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

  13. Matthew 15:4

    “For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’”

  14. Matthew 15:5

    “But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,””

  15. Matthew 15:6

    “he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.”

  16. Matthew 15:13

    “But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.”

  17. Matthew 16:17

    “Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.”

  18. Matthew 16:27

    “For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.”

  19. Matthew 18:10

    “See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.”

  20. Matthew 18:14

    “Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”

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.