49 Bible Verses about Family Problems

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

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

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.

whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood.

Do any of you dare, when you have a matter against another, to go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

But if you do marry, you did not sin; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such shall have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.

Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake them; nor go to your brother's house in the day of your trouble; better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

When the good thing increases, those who eat it increase; then what profit is it to its owners, except to see it with their eyes?

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Put no trust in a friend; put no hope in a guide; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

And one of the company said to Him, Master, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

No evil shall happen to the just, but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

They will not labor in vain, nor bring forth for terror. For they are the seed of the beloved of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.

And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. Also Jehovah added to Job all that had been his, to double.

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

Jesus answered, Neither has this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity take note that God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share in its joy.

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, saying, For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.

He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth. And he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My eyes.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

And it greatly distressed David, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each one for his sons and for his daughters. But David encouraged himself in Jehovah his God.

As for my people, children are their taskmasters, and women rule over them. Oh my people, your rulers cause you to go astray and destroy the way of your paths.

And Jehovah blessed the latter days of Job more than the beginning. For he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

He comforting us in all our trouble, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in every trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among those who live in the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I, being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, my house and I.

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year. And David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered, For Saul, and for his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.

Do not let each man look upon his own things, but each man also on the things of others.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

I will say of Jehovah, my refuge and my fortress; my God; in Him I will trust.

a false witness who speaks lies, and he who causes fighting among brothers.

You looked for much, and behold, little! And when you brought it home, then I blew on it. Why, says Jehovah of Hosts? Because of My House that is waste, and you, each man runs to his own house.

He who passes by enraging himself over strife not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears,

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who has worked out evil; of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.

And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, please, the location of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees. But the waters are bad, and the ground is barren.

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe.

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and I have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.