46 Bible Verses about Family First

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

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense 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 all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

And the enemies of a man [will be] the members of his household.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man [is the] head of the woman, and [the] head of Christ [is] God.

For even your relatives, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you, even they call {loudly} after you. You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.

And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."

The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

May Yahweh give you increase, you and your children.

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

Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Speak to all the community of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month, they will each take for themselves {a lamb for the family}, a lamb for the household.

Honor widows [who are] truly widows.

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

"You only have I {chosen} of all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died [after] getting married, and [because he] did not have descendants, he left his wife to his brother.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing [their] children and their own households well.

and they summoned the entire community on [the] first day of the second month. And they registered themselves among their clans according to {their families}, according to [the] number of names from {those twenty years old} and above individually,

"Honor your father and mother" (which 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 Yahweh blessed the household of Obed-Edom and all that he had.

And [when you] enter into the house, greet it.

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons,

And Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, 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, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

[Rather] {before Yahweh} your God you shall eat it year by year at the place Yahweh will choose, you and your household.

And now may you begin to bless the house of your servant {to continue forever} before you, for you, O Yahweh, have blessed. And it will be blessed forever."

"At that time," {declares} Yahweh, "I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they will be to me a people."

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

And the slave does not remain in the household {forever}; the son remains {forever}.

And another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.

Look, days [are] coming when I will cut off your {strength} and the {strength} of the house of your ancestor {so that no one in your house will live to old age}.

"This month [will be] the beginning of months; it [will be] for you the first of the months of the year.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for [he said], "God has caused me to forget all my hardship and all my father's house."

But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

And into whatever house you enter, first say, "Peace [be] to this household!"

And you will be handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death [some] of you.

Then you must say to him, '[Long] life [to you], and {may it go well with you, with your house, and with all that is yours}.

Have you not put a fence around him and his household and around {all that belongs to him} {on every side}? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has increased in the land.