43 Bible Verses about Family Love

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth 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 ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

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

A friend loveth 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 brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

I am 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 thee.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour 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 thou hast brought me hitherto?

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

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, 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 shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though 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 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 hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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

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

At the same time, saith 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 brethren are these which 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 thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

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

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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

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

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

And if ye salute 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 them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

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

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

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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.