Bible Verses About Family

Bible verses about family speak of honoring parents, training children, and a household that serves the Lord. Exodus 20:12 says Honor your father and your mother; Proverbs 22:6 says to train up a child in the way he should go; and Joshua 24:15 says as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.

Verses

Exodus 20:12. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Joshua 24:15. If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Proverbs 22:6. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:1–4. 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: 3 “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.” 4 You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Colossians 3:20–21. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Psalm 127:3–5. 3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Deuteronomy 6:6–7. 6 These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

1 Timothy 5:8. But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Proverbs 1:8–9. 8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching; 9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

Genesis 2:24. Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Proverbs 17:6. Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents.

Psalm 133:1. A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

1 Corinthians 13:4–7. 4 Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

Proverbs 31:28. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Isaiah 54:13. All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and your children’s peace will be great.

Psalm 103:17. But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,

1 Timothy 3:4–5. 4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; 5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)