32 Bible Verses about Families
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God sets the lonely in families. He frees the prisoners who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you. They join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.
if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God?
If any do not provide for his own, and specially his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind. The fool will serve the wise of heart.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. You are fellow citizens with the holy ones and of the household of God.
one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness;
From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.
All the ends of the earth will remember and return to Jehovah. All the families from all the nations will worship you.
I will bless those who bless you. I will curse whoever curses you. All the people on earth will be blessed through you.
And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them. Keep in mind Jehovah who is great and greatly to be feared. Take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Of all the families of the earth I have chosen (known) only you. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.
Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Reverence and respect God. Honor the king.
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the congregation, he being the savior of the body.
Both he who sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all from one. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
They must be stopped. Their mouths must be shut up, for they subvert entire households. They teach things that should not be taught, for the sake of dishonest gain.
Tell the whole community of Israel: 'On the tenth day of this month each man must take a sheep for his family, one animal per household.
There will be no rain on those who do not go to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of Hosts.
She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household, and a portion to her maidens.
The smallest of them will become a thousand. The weakest of them will become a mighty nation. At the right time I, Jehovah, will make it happen quickly.
Jehovah said to Noah: Go into the ark, you and your whole family. For I have found you righteous in this generation.
Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own people and in his own house.
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Families » Should » Be duly regulated
She watches over her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness; if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God?
Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance
You are to say to Joseph: Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you. If it is your pleasure, forgive the sin of the servants of your father's God.' Upon hearing these words Joseph was overcome with weeping. Then his brothers also came and immediately bowed down in front of him. We are your slaves! they said. Joseph replied to them: Do not be afraid! I cannot take God's place. read more.
Even though you planned evil against me, God planned good to come out of it. This was to keep many people alive, as he is doing now. You have nothing to fear. I will take care of you and your children. So he reassured them with kind words that touched their hearts.
Peter came to him and said: Lord, How many times may my brother do wrong against me, and I forgive him? Seven times? Jesus said to him: Not seven times; but seventy times seven.
Families » Should » Live in unity
([Psalm of David]) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
Then he sent his brothers off and told them: Do not argue on the way home!
Families » Should » Worship God together
The congregations of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you in the Lord, with the congregation that is in their house.
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Be on your guard! Make sure you do not forget, as long as you live, what you have seen with your own eyes. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren. Do you remember the day you stood in the presence of Jehovah your God at Mount Sinai (Horeb)? He said to me: 'assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live. Then they will teach their children to do the same.'
Families » Should » Rejoice together before God
Use the silver to buy whatever you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, liquor-whatever you choose. Then you and your family will eat and enjoy yourselves there in the presence of Jehovah your God.
Families » Warning against departing from God
Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from Jehovah our God to serve the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant.
Families » Punishment of irreligious
Pour out your fury on the nations who do not know you and on people who do not worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.
Families » Good--exemplified » Jailor of philippi
They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house. They spoke the Word of God to him and those in his house. That very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized. read more.
He took them to his house and fed them. They rejoiced along with his entire house, having believed in God.
Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham
I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.
Families » Good--exemplified » David
David went home so he could ask Jehovah to bless his family. But Saul's daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him: You were really great today! She said. You acted like a dirty old man. You danced around half-naked in front of your servants' slave-girls.
Families » Good--exemplified » Lois
I am mindful of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
Families » Of saints blessed
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table. This is how Jehovah will bless the person who fears him. May Jehovah bless you from Zion so that you may see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life. read more.
May you live to see your children's children. Let there be peace in Israel!
Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua
If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve Jehovah.'
Families » Good--exemplified » jacob
Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.
Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived at Bethany where his sisters Mary and Martha lived. This is the same Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. The sisters therefore sent for the Lord, They said: The one for whom you have great affection is sick. read more.
When Jesus heard it he said: This sickness will not end in death. It is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it. Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from
The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home. The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence.
Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia
When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there. She absolutely insisted that we come.
Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord and so did his household. Many of the Corinthians who heard and believed were baptized.
Topics on Families
Families, Examples Of
Genesis 18:19I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.
Families, Nature Of
Psalm 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.
Killing Whole Families
Genesis 32:11Save me from the hand of Esau, my brother. I fear that he will attack me and kill both mothers and children.
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