32 Bible Verses about Families
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Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.
So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.
And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.
You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
Say to all the children of Israel when they are come together, In the tenth day of this month every man is to take a lamb, by the number of their fathers' families, a lamb for every family:
And it will be that if any one of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, on them there will be no rain.
She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.
The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.
And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.
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Families » Should » Be duly regulated
She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour; (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance
You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping. Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants. And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God? read more.
As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today. So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.
Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times? Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.
Families » Should » Live in unity
See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!
And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.
Families » Should » Worship God together
The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children; That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.
Families » Should » Rejoice together before God
And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
Families » Warning against departing from God
So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;
Families » Punishment of irreligious
Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.
Families » Good--exemplified » Jailor of philippi
And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. read more.
And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.
Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
Families » Good--exemplified » David
Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!
Families » Good--exemplified » Lois
Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.
Families » Of saints blessed
Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
Families » Good--exemplified » jacob
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany
Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.) So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill. read more.
When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it. Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from
Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia
And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.
Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus
And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.
Topics on Families
Families, Examples Of
Genesis 18:19For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
Families, Nature Of
Deuteronomy 4:9-10Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
Killing Whole Families
Genesis 32:11Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
