49 Bible Verses about Family Problems

(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the congregation of God?)

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

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be slave to the wise of heart.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

resist him steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are to be accomplished in the company of your brethren that are in the world.

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go unto judgment before the unjust, and not before the saints?

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have affliction in the flesh, but I forbear you.

Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity, for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot remain.

When goods increase, those that eat them are increased; and what good is there to the owners thereof, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Do not believe in a friend, do not trust in a prince; from her that lies at thy side, take care, open not thy mouth.

The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.

And one of the crowd said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

No iniquity shall overtake the righteous: but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

They shall not labour in vain, nor give birth with fear; for their births are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring shall be with them.

Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.

And the LORD said unto Noah, Enter thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends; also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

but he that is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

In the day of good enjoy that which is good, but in the day of adversity open your eyes and learn: God also has made the one (the day of adversity) before the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh; For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.

He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth because the former troubles shall be forgotten and shall be covered from my eyes.

Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you.

And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people was bitter, each one for his sons and for his daughters; but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

The oppressors of my people are many, and women rule over him. O my people, those who lead thee cause thee to err and twist the way of thy paths.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses.

who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Then there was a famine in the days of David for three consecutive years, and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and because of his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

with each one not looking to their own things, but also to the things of others.

Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

I will say of the LORD, He is my hope and my fortress: my God; in him will I secure myself.

a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.

Ye look for much and find little; and when ye lock it up at home, I shall blow upon it. Why? said the LORD of the hosts. Because my house is deserted, and ye run each one of you unto his own house.

He that passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him is like one that takes a dog by the ears.

He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he that hates gifts shall live.

Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every human soul that does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek;

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, the seat of this city is good, as my lord sees, but the water is evil, and the ground barren.

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out, so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.

leave thy gift there before the altar, and go; first restore friendship with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.