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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. Luke 23:46

    “Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.”

  2. Luke 24:49

    “Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.””

  3. John 1:14

    “The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.”

  4. John 1:18

    “No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.”

  5. John 2:16

    “To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!””

  6. John 3:35

    “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.”

  7. John 4:12

    “Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?””

  8. John 4:20

    “Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.””

  9. John 4:21

    “Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.”

  10. John 4:23

    “But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.”

  11. John 4:53

    “So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.”

  12. John 5:17

    “But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.””

  13. John 5:18

    “For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.”

  14. John 5:19

    “Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.”

  15. John 5:20

    “For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.”

  16. John 5:21

    “For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.”

  17. John 5:22

    “For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,”

  18. John 5:23

    “that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.”

  19. John 5:26

    “For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.”

  20. John 5:30

    “I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.”

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.