20 Bible Verses about Families
Most Relevant Verses
(if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);
Whoever does not provide for his own relatives and particularly for his own family, has repudiated the faith: he is worse than an infidel.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men and in particular to the household of the faith.
Thus you are strangers and foreigners no longer, you share the membership of the saints, you belong to God's own household,
able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful
if a household is divided against itself, that household cannot stand:
After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three,
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," they said, "and then you will be saved, you and your household as well."
It is time for the Judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the fate of those who refuse obedience to God's gospel?
(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)
Do honour to all, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honour the emperor.
for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church;
For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
they must be silenced, for they are undermining whole families by teaching objectionable doctrine for the base end of making money.
Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and among his kinsfolk and in his home."
From Thematic Bible
Families » Should » Be duly regulated
Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly.
able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful (if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);
Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance
Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Seven times? I say, seventy times seven!
Families » Should » Live in unity
Families » Should » Worship God together
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that meets in their house, salute you warmly in the Lord.
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
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," they said, "and then you will be saved, you and your household as well." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all in his house. Then he took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds and got baptized instantly, he and all his family. read more.
He took them up to his house and put food before them, overjoyed like all his household at having believed in God.
Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham
Families » Good--exemplified » David
Families » Good--exemplified » Lois
for I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, as it dwells (I feel sure) in yourself.
Families » Of saints blessed
Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua
Families » Good--exemplified » jacob
Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany
Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.) so the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." read more.
When Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness is not to end in death; the end of it is the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby." [Relocated to follow vs 2] Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus;
Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from
Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia
When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.
Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus
But Crispus the president of the synagogue believed in the Lord, as did all his household, and many of the Corinthians listened, believed, and were baptized.
Topics on Families
Families, Examples Of
John 11:1-5Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Families, Nature Of
1 Timothy 3:4able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful
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
