43 Bible Verses about Family Love

Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you 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 heaven and earth is named,

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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

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

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

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

I have become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

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

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

Be tender loving one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

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

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

Fulfill you my joy, that you be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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

And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

(For if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

For even your brethren, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yea, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto you.

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

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

The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man 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 manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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

At the same time, says the LORD, will I be the God of 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 punish you for all your iniquities.

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brothers are these 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 love.

And it shall be, if he say unto you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he fares well with you;

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

Trust not in a friend, put not confidence in a companion: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.

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

Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

His descendants shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

And if you greet your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the tax collectors so?

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the rest of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, 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 respect;

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