Bible Verses About Family Loyalty

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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,

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso 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.

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

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

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

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

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

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

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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.

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

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.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

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:

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.