49 Bible Verses about Family Problems

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

and a man's enemies will be the members of his household.

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

When someone's prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Then someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.

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

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

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

Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land -- among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!"

During David's reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, "It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites."

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

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

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust --

a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,

The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn't produce crops."

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."