Bible Verses About Families

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

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.

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

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

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

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.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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.

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

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,

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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.

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

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

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

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

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

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

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.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

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

And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

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

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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

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,

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

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.

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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