Bible Verses About Family Situations

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 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.

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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.

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 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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,

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.

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

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

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

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.

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

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

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

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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 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.

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

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 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.

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

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,

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

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