46 Bible Verses about Family First

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you."

Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home."

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve;

May the LORDgive you increase, you and your children!

And he said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household.

Honor widows who are truly widows.

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.

Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),

And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.

As you enter the house, greet it.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

You shall eat it, you and your household, before the LORD your God year by year at the place that the LORD will choose.

Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O LORD, who have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

"At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people."

For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.

The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

"This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.

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

if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."

Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house!'

You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.

And thus you shall greet him: 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.