20 Bible Verses about Families

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Mark 3:25

And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand.

Luke 12:52

For from this time forth there shall be five in one house at variance, three with two, and two with three.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

Titus 1:11

whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.

Mark 6:4

But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.

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Families » Should » Be duly regulated

1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

1 Timothy 3:4-5

one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity: for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?

Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance

Matthew 18:21-22

Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus said to him: I say to you, Not till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

Families » Should » Live in unity

Families » Should » Worship God together

1 Corinthians 16:19

The churches of Asia salute you: Aquila and Priscilla, with the church that is in their house, send you many salutations in the Lord.

Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures

Families » Should » Rejoice together before God

Families » Warning against departing from God

Families » Punishment of irreligious

Families » Good--exemplified » Jailor of philippi

Acts 16:31-34

They replied: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you and your house shall be saved. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all that were in his house. And he took them at that hour of the night, and washed the blood from their stripes; and he was immersed, himself and all his, immediately. read more.
And he brought them into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God, with all his house.

Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham

Families » Good--exemplified » David

Families » Good--exemplified » Lois

Families » Of saints blessed

Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua

Families » Good--exemplified » jacob

Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany

John 11:1-5

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and Martha her sister. It was the Mary that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. read more.
But when Jesus heard it, he said: This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that by it the Son of God may be glorified. Now, Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from

Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia

Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus

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