43 Bible Verses about Love And Family

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

And a man will be hated by those of his house.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.

And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

Let all you do be done in love.

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

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

Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.