Bible Verses About family
Scripture answer
Scripture sees the family as a place of love, faith, and formation — a household that learns to follow God together.
Start with Joshua 24:15, Psalm 127:1, Colossians 3:13-14; read each passage in its chapter.
Joshua 24:15
But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
Read in contextPsalm 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.
Read in contextColossians 3:13-14
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Read in contextExodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:8
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith.
Read in contextProverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Read in contextEphesians 6:1-2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise.
Read in contextPsalm 133:1
How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity!
Read in contextActs 16:31
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.
Read in context1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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