Bible Verses About Family Decisions

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.

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

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

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

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.

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,

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.

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?

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

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

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,

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

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

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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:

Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

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

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

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

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

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.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

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.

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

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