49 Bible Verses about Family Problems

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

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

Whoso maketh disquietness in his own house, he shall have wind for his heritage; and the fool shall be servant to the wise.

He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.

whom resist, steadfast in the faith, remembering that ye do but fulfill the same afflictions which are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.

How dare one of you having business with another, go to law under the wicked? And not rather under the saints?

But and if thou take a wife, thou sinnest not. Likewise if a virgin marry, she sinneth not. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in their flesh: but I saver you.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, see thou forsake not; but go not into thy brother's house in time of thy trouble. Better is a friend at hand than a brother far off.

Or if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot continue:

Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

Let no man believe his friend, nor put his confidence in a prince. Keep the door of thy mouth, from her that lieth in thy bosom:

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

One of the company said unto him, "Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me."

For covetousness is the root of all evil, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled themselves with many sorrows.

There shall no misfortune happen unto the just; but the ungodly shall be filled with misery.

My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.

And the LORD said unto Noah, "Go into the ark both thou and all thy household. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

and the LORD turned him unto Job, when he prayed for his friends: Yea, the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had afore.

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

Jesus answered, "Neither this man hath sinned, nor yet his father and mother: but that the works of God should be showed on him.

Use well the time of prosperity and remember the time of misfortune: For God maketh one by the other, so that a man can find nothing else.

The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.

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."

Whoso rejoiceth upon earth, shall rejoice in the true God: And whoso sweareth upon earth, shall swear in the true God. For the old enmity shall be forgotten, and taken away out of my sight.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.

Cast all your care to him: for he careth for you.

And David was in a shrewd strait: for the people intended to stone him because the hearts of the people were vexed for their sons and their daughters.

Children are extortioners of my people, and women have rule of them. O my people, thy leaders deceive thee, and tread out the way of thy footsteps.

And the LORD made Job richer than he was before: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand asses.

which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed."

Then there fell a hunger in the days of David: three years, year by year. And David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, "It is for Saul's sake and the house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites."

and that no man consider his own, but what is mete for others.

Rejoice not thou at the fall of thine enemy; and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? If the world shall be judged by you: are ye not good enough to judge small trifles?

I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust."

a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.

Ye looked for much, and lo it is come to little: and though ye bring it home, yet do I blow it away. And why so, sayeth the LORD of Hosts? Even because that my house lieth so waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Whoso goeth by and meddleth with other men's strife, he is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

The covetous man rooteth up his own house; but whoso hateth rewards, shall live.

tribulation and anguish, upon the soul of every man that doth evil. Of the Jew first: And also of the gentile.

Then the men of Jericho said to Elisha, "Behold, the city standeth pleasantly as my lord seeth, but the water is nought and the ground barren."

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; and where the backbiter is taken away, there the strife ceaseth.

leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

And his disciples asked him saying, "Master, who did sin: this man, or his father and mother, that he was born blind?"

and ye shall be hated of all men, for my name: but he that shall endureth unto the end, shall be saved.

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages."