32 Bible Verses about Families
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God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they -- they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.
(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
and if any one for his own -- and especially for those of the household -- doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.
therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.
Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.
Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;
and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'
Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,
And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, 'Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'
because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.
to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.
speak ye unto all the company of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month -- they take to them each man a lamb for the house of the fathers, a lamb for a house.
And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.
Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.
The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!
And Jehovah saith to Noah, 'Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;
And Jesus said to them -- 'A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;'
From Thematic Bible
Families » Should » Be duly regulated
Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, (and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance
Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him. And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, 'Lo, we are to thee for servants.' And Joseph saith unto them, 'Fear not, for am I in the place of God? read more.
As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people; and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.
Then Peter having come near to him, said, 'Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' Jesus saith to him, 'I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.
Families » Should » Live in unity
A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!
And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, 'Be not angry in the way.'
Families » Should » Worship God together
Salute you do the assemblies of Asia; salute you much in the Lord do Aquilas and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house;
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
'Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; --
Families » Should » Rejoice together before God
and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.
Families » Warning against departing from God
lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:
Families » Punishment of irreligious
Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!
Families » Good--exemplified » Jailor of philippi
and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;' and they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all those in his household; and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe them from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently, read more.
having brought them also into his house, he set food before them, and was glad with all the household, he having believed in God.
Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham
for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
Families » Good--exemplified » David
And David turneth back to bless his house, and Michal daughter of Saul goeth out to meet David, and saith, 'How honourable to-day was the king of Israel, who was uncovered to-day before the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain ones is openly uncovered!'
Families » Good--exemplified » Lois
taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.
Families » Of saints blessed
Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table. Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah. Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life, read more.
And see the sons of thy sons! Peace on Israel!
Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua
and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which are beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'
Families » Good--exemplified » jacob
And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, 'Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany
And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister -- and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing -- therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;' read more.
and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.' And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from
He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.
Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia
and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.
Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus
and Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue did believe in the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing were believing, and they were being baptized.
Topics on Families
Families, Examples Of
Genesis 18:19for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
Families, Nature Of
Psalm 128:3Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.
Killing Whole Families
Genesis 32:11Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons;