43 Bible Verses about Family Love

Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,

He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

(of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named),

Therefore as long as we have the opportunity, let us do good unto everyone, especially unto those who are of the household of faith.

For if ye love those who love you, what grace shall ye have? for sinners also love those that love them.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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

I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mother's sons.

And a man's foes shall be those of his own household.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another;

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, O Lord GOD, Who am I and what is my house that thou hast brought me thus far?

But if any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same charity, unanimous, minding the one thing.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

and showing mercy unto thousands of generations of those that love me and keep my commandments.

(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the congregation of God?)

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have raised their voice after thee, O congregation; do not believe them, when they speak fair words unto thee.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Peace be to the brethren and charity with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The LORD shall increase his blessing upon you more and more, upon you and your sons.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no one that has left house or parents or brethren or wife or children for the kingdom of God's sake

for from now on there shall be five in one house divided: three against two and two against three.

Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolk and friends, and some of you they shall cause to be put to death.

In that time, said the LORD, I will be the God unto all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore, I will visit all your iniquities against you.

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.

Grace be with you, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and charity.

And it shall be, if he says unto thee, I will not go away from thee because he loves thee and thy house because he is well with thee,

And this is charity, that we walk after his commandment. And this is the commandment, That ye walk in him, as ye have heard from the beginning.

Do not believe in a friend, do not trust in a prince; from her that lies at thy side, take care, open not thy mouth.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection.

Behold, sons are a heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is to be desired.

Gimel His seed shall be mighty upon earth; Daleth the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

And if ye embrace your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those that remain of this evil generation, in all the places where I have driven those that remain, said the LORD of the hosts.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; those that love thee shall be brought into rest.

Then I looked and rose up and said unto the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all integrity;

And brother shall deliver up brother unto death, and the father the child, and children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.