49 Bible Verses about Family Problems

For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?

A person's enemies will include members of his own family.'

Whoever troubles his household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

When one of you has a complaint against another, does he dare to take the matter before those who are unrighteous and not before the saints?

But if you do get married, you have not sinned. And if a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will experience trouble in this life, and I want to spare you from that.

Never abandon your friend nor your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in times of trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who lives far away.

And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

When possessions increase, so does the number of consumers; therefore what good are they to their owners, except to look at them?

They will not experience shame in times of trouble; in times of famine they will have plenty.

Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

Then someone in the crowd told him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

No harm overwhelms the righteous, but the wicked overflow with trouble.

They won't toil in vain nor bear children doomed to misfortune, for they will be offspring blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.

Then the LORD told Noah, "Come you and all your household into the ark, because I've seen that you alone are righteous in this generation.

The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed.

But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife,

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him.

When times are good, be joyful; when times are bad, consider this: God made the one as well as the other, so people won't seek anything outside of his best.

The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.

Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh because, he said, "God has made me forget all of my hard life and my father's house."

Then whoever takes an oath by the God of faithfulness, and whoever takes an oath in the land, will swear by the God of faithfulness, because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.

Throw all your worry on him, because he cares for you.

David was in great danger because all the people were bitter because of their sons and daughters, and they were talking about stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

"As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders are misleading you they're giving you confusing directions."

The LORD blessed Job during the latter part of his life more than the former, since he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God.

Then Jacob told Simeon and Levi, "You have certainly stirred up trouble for me! You've made me despised by the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in this territory. Because I have only a few men with me, they're going to gather themselves together and attack me until I am totally destroyed, along with my entire household!"

One time there was a famine during David's reign that went on for three straight years. David sought the LORD, who said, "Saul and his household are guilty because he executed the Gibeonites."

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let yourself be glad when he stumbles.

You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?

will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge, my fortress, and my God in whom I trust!"

a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.

"You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house!

Picking up a dog by the ears that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight.

Those who are greedy for unjust gain bring trouble into their homes, but the person who hates bribes will live.

There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

The men who lived in the city addressed Elisha. "Look now," they said, "our city's location is good, as you have been observing, but the water springs here are bad and the land isn't sustaining crops."

Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."