20 Bible Verses about Families
Most Relevant Verses
(If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).
If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are members of God's household,
He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity
And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is himself the Savior.
For both he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they ought not to teach for the sake of sordid gain.
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house."
From Thematic Bible
Families » Should » Be duly regulated
Deacons must be the husband of one wife, and must manage their children and their households well.
He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).
Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance
Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
Families » Should » Live in unity
Families » Should » Worship God together
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the lord, with the church that is in their house.
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Families » Should » Rejoice together before God
Families » Warning against departing from God
Families » Punishment of irreligious
Families » Good--exemplified » Jailor of philippi
They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. He took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his family. read more.
Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with his whole household that he had believed in God.
Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham
Families » Good--exemplified » David
Families » Good--exemplified » Lois
For I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you as well.
Families » Of saints blessed
Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua
Families » Good--exemplified » jacob
Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is sick." read more.
When Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from
Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia
When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.
Topics on Families
Families, Examples Of
John 11:1-5Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Families, Nature Of
1 Timothy 3:4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity
Related Topics
- Blessing Through God's People
- Christians
- Church Of God
- Faithfulness, In Human Relationships
- Family And Friends
- Family Conflict
- Family First
- Family Love
- Family Problems
