49 Bible Verses about Family Problems

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

A man's enemies will be from his own family.

He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind. The fool will serve the wise of heart.

A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.

Stand firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers in the world.

If you have a dispute with another [Christian] do you dare to go to a law court before judges who are ungodly? Why not let the holy ones decide who is right?

If you marry you have not sinned. If a virgin marries she has not sinned. Those who marry will face many problems in this life and I want to spare you.

Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away.

When a house is divided against itself it will not be able to stand.

When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to see them?

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they will have abundance.

Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion).

A foolish (stupid) son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

A member of the crowd said: Teacher, help my brother divide the inheritance with me.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

No evil will happen to the righteous. The wicked will be filled with trouble.

They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune. For they will be a people blessed by Jehovah, they and their descendants with them.

Better is dry bread in peace than a house full of feasting with discord.

Jehovah said to Noah: Go into the ark, you and your whole family. For I have found you righteous in this generation.

After Job had prayed for his friends, Jehovah made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

But he who is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

Jesus answered: This man did not sin. Neither did his parents sin. The works of God should be made known in him.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God made one as well as the other, to the end that man should find nothing that comes after him.

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

Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh, because God helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father's family.

Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Offer evil for good and evil will not depart from your house.

Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.

The people in their bitterness said David should be stoned. This caused him great distress. They were thinking of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in Jehovah his God.

Children oppress my people! Women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray. They confuse the direction of your paths.

Jehovah blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

He comforts us in all our trouble, that we may be able to comfort those who also have trouble, through the comfort with which we are comforted from God.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have brought trouble on me by making me loathsome to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Per'izzites. My numbers are few. If they gather themselves against me and attack my household I will be destroyed.

There was a famine for three successive years during David's reign. David asked Jehovah for advice about it. Jehovah answered: It is because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.

Look out for the interest of others and not only for your own personal interest.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls. Do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if you will judge the world, are you unworthy to judge these small matters?

I will say to Jehovah: You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.

A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.

You looked for much harvest and you received little. When you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? Said Jehovah of Hosts. Because my house lies in waste, while each of you run to his house.

He who meddles in someone else's quarrel is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house. But he who hates gifts will live.

[There will be] tribulation and distress on every person who works evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek.

Men from Jericho went to Elisha and said: You may know that this is a fine city but the water is bad and causes miscarriages.

Without wood the fire goes out. Without a talebearer strife ceases.

leave your gift at the altar and go make peace with your brother. Then return and make your offering.

His disciples asked him: Rabbi he was born blind. Who sinned, this man or his parents?

Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.

Jacob answered: My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.