24 Bible Verses about Relatives

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.

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.

As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.

But thou shalt go unto my father's house and to my kindred, and there take a wife unto my son.'

And Elisha said to him, "Say to her I pray thee, 'See, thou hast made all this provision for us, what shall we do for thee? Wouldest thou be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the Host?" And she said, "I dwell among mine own people."

and told her also that he was her father's brother and Rebekah's son. Then Rachel ran and told her father.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of might of the kindred of Elimelech, named Boaz.

And she went and came and gathered after the harvest men, and her chance was that part of the field pertained unto Boaz which was of the kindred of Elimelech.

For now this Boaz our kinsman with whose maidens thou wast, winnoweth his barley tonight in the threshing floor:

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "For the king is near of kin to us: wherefore be ye angry for that matter? Think ye that we eat of the king's cost, or that the king giveth us any gifts?"

And they girded sack cloth about their loins and put ropes about their heads, and went out to the king of Israel and said, "Thy servant Benhadad sayeth, 'I pray thee let me live.'" And he said, "Is he yet alive? He is my brother." And they took the word for good luck and hastily caught it out of his mouth, and said, "Yea, thy brother Benhadad."

he met with the brethren of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said "What are ye?" And they said, "The brethren of Ahaziah are we, and go to salute the children of the king and of the queen."

And before this had the Priest Eliashib delivered the chest of the house of our God unto his kinsman Tobiah:

And Joseph also ascended from Galilee, out of a city called Nazareth, into Jewry: unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and lineage of David:

And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age. And this is her sixth month, though she be called barren,

Salute Andronicus, and Junia, my cousins, which were prisoners with me also, which are well taken among the apostles, and were in Christ before me.

Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus which are in the Lord.

Timothy my work fellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen salute you.

And they said unto her, "There is none of thy kin that is named with this name."