Bible Verses About Family
The Bible treats family as a gift and as the first place you learn about faith. These verses speak to parents, children and the people who feel like family. Read them together at the table or at the start of a new year.
11 scriptures in modern King James wording
Joshua 24:15KJV
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom all of you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land all of you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Psalms 127:3KJV
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Psalms 128:3KJV
“Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of yours house: your children like olive plants round about your table.”
Psalms 68:6KJV
“God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.”
Proverbs 22:6KJV
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 17:6KJV
“Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.”
Ephesians 6:1KJV
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
Ephesians 6:4KJV
“And, all of you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Exodus 20:12KJV
“Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.”
Deuteronomy 6:7KJV
“And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in yours house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”
1 Timothy 5:8KJV
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
Common questions
What does the Bible say about family?
It treats family as a gift and a place to learn faith. Psalm 127:3 calls children a heritage from the LORD, and Deuteronomy 6:7 tells parents to teach God's words to their children at home and on the road.
What is a good Bible verse for a family?
Joshua 24:15 is a frequent choice: as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. It is often hung in homes and read at the start of a new year.
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- Bible Verses About FathersThese verses speak to fathers, about fathers and to children who want to honor their dad.
- Bible Verses About MothersThese verses honor mothers for their strength, their prayers and their daily care.
- Bible Verses About MarriageMarriage appears in the first chapters of the Bible and runs through the letters of Paul.
- Bible Verses About LoveLove sits at the center of the Bible, from God's love for you to the way you treat the people around you.
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