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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. John 5:36

    “But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.”

  2. John 5:37

    “The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.”

  3. John 5:43

    “I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.”

  4. John 5:45

    ““Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.”

  5. John 6:27

    “Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.””

  6. John 6:31

    “Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’””

  7. John 6:32

    “Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.”

  8. John 6:37

    “All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.”

  9. John 6:39

    “This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.”

  10. John 6:42

    “They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’””

  11. John 6:44

    “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.”

  12. John 6:45

    “It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.”

  13. John 6:46

    “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.”

  14. John 6:49

    “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.”

  15. John 6:57

    “As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.”

  16. John 6:58

    “This is the bread which came down out of heaven — not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.””

  17. John 6:65

    “He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.””

  18. John 7:22

    “Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.”

  19. John 8:16

    “Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.”

  20. John 8:18

    “I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about 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.