Bible verses about
family
The Bible treats family as a gift and a charge — to honor parents, train children, and serve the Lord together as a household. These King James verses gather Scripture’s words on family.
12 verses about family (KJV)
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Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye 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 ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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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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Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
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Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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Psalms 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 6:6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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1 Timothy 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
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Psalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Questions, answered plainly
What does the Bible say about family?
The Bible calls households to serve God together — "as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15) — to honor father and mother (Exodus 20:12), and to raise children in "the nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).
What does the Bible say about taking care of family?
Scripture takes provision for family seriously: "if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith" (1 Timothy 5:8), and treats children as "an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3).
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