46 Bible Verses about Family First

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, 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 care for the church of God?

For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

and a man's enemies 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 a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.

Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family."

"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 and then Eve.

May he increase your numbers, yours and your children's!

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

Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Tell the whole community of Israel, 'In the tenth day of this month they each must take a lamb for themselves according to their families -- a lamb for each household.

Honor widows who are truly in need.

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.

"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

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

Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually,

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom's house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom's family and everything that belonged to him.

As you enter the house, give it greetings.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

The Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. 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 even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he chooses.

Now you are willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future."

At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

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

The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

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

Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.

In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father's house. There will not be an old man in your house!

"This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house."

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

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

Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'May peace be on this house!'

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

Then you will say to my brother, "Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!

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