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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. Mark 7:11

    “But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God”;’”

  2. Mark 7:12

    “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,”

  3. Mark 8:38

    “For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.””

  4. Mark 9:21

    “He asked his father, “How long has it been since this has come to him?” He said, “From childhood.”

  5. Mark 9:24

    “Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!””

  6. Mark 10:7

    “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,”

  7. Mark 10:19

    “You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’””

  8. Mark 10:29

    “Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,”

  9. Mark 11:10

    “Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!””

  10. Mark 11:25

    “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.”

  11. Mark 11:26

    “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.””

  12. Mark 13:12

    ““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.”

  13. Mark 13:32

    “But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

  14. Mark 14:36

    “He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.””

  15. Mark 15:21

    “They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.”

  16. Luke 1:17

    “He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.””

  17. Luke 1:32

    “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,”

  18. Luke 1:55

    “As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.””

  19. Luke 1:59

    “On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.”

  20. Luke 1:62

    “They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.”

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.