Bible Verses About Family Crisis

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 this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

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.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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.

In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

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

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

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

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;

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

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

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

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

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

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,

Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

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

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

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

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

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

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.