Bible Verses About Concern for Family

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?