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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 10:36

    “do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’”

  2. John 10:37

    “If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.”

  3. John 10:38

    “But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.””

  4. John 11:41

    “So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.”

  5. John 12:26

    “If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”

  6. John 12:27

    ““Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But for this cause I came to this time.”

  7. John 12:28

    “Father, glorify your name!” Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.””

  8. John 12:49

    “For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.”

  9. John 12:50

    “I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.””

  10. John 13:1

    “Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”

  11. John 13:3

    “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,”

  12. John 14:2

    “In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.”

  13. John 14:6

    “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”

  14. John 14:7

    “If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.””

  15. John 14:8

    “Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.””

  16. John 14:9

    “Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’”

  17. John 14:10

    “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.”

  18. John 14:11

    “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.”

  19. John 14:12

    “Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.”

  20. John 14:13

    “Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

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.