46 Bible Verses about Family First

If there be any that provideth not for his own, and namely for them of his household, the same denieth the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

For if a man cannot rule his own house, how shall he care for the congregation of God?

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not the gospel of God?

and one that ruleth his own house honestly, having children under obedience, with all honesty.

If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to rule their own houses godly, and to recompense their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God.

which is father over all that is called father in heaven and in earth, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory,

While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

I would ye knew that Christ is the head of every man; and the man is the woman's head; and God is Christ's head.

For thy brethren and thy kindred have altogether despised thee, and cried out upon thee in thine absence. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.

And another said, "I will follow thee Lord: But let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house."

He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me.

For Adam was first formed, and then Eve.

The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

And Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be fed. For it is not meet, to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto whelps."

See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.

Speak ye unto all the fellowship of Israel, saying that they take, the tenth day of this month, to every household: a sheep.

Honour widows which are true widows.

For the husband is the wife's head, even as Christ is the head of the congregation, and the same is the saviour of the body.

'You only have I accepted from all the generations of the earth: therefore will I visit you in all your wickednesses.

There were with us seven brethren, and the first married and deceased without issue, and left his wife unto his brother.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife and such as rule their children well, and their own households.

and gathered all the congregation together, the first day of the second month, and reckoned them after their birth and kindreds and houses of their fathers by name from twenty years and above, head by head;

"Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise,

and the Ark of God was with Obededom in his house, three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom and all that he had.

And when ye come into a house, salute the same.

but he that hath married, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children.

And the LORD said unto Jacob, "Turn again into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee."

"If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

but shalt eat them before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD hath chosen, both thou and thine household.

Now therefore go to and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue before thee forever. For what thou blessest, O LORD that is blessed forever."

At the same time, sayeth the LORD, shall I be the God of all the generations of Israel, and they shall be my people."

For henceforth there shall be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

And the servant abideth not in the house forever: But the son abideth ever.

Another that was one of his Disciples said unto him, "Master, suffer me first, to go and bury my father."

First, make up thy work that is without, and look well unto that which thou hast in the field, and then build thine house.

Behold, the days will come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an elder in thine house.

"This month shall be your chief month: even the first month of the year shall it be unto you.

And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household."

But and if I tarry long, that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.

"For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call."

Into whatsoever house ye enter in, first say, Peace be to this house.

Yea, and ye shall be betrayed of your fathers and mothers, and of your brethren, and kinsmen, and lovers. And some of you shall they put to death.

And thus wise say unto my friend, "Peace be to thee, peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

Hast thou not preserved him, his house, and all his substance on every side? Hast thou not blessed the work of his hands? Is not his possession increased in the land?