44 Bible Verses about Love And Family

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

However, if the servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

May he increase your numbers, yours and your children's!

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

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

When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!"

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

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!"

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church -- he himself being the savior of the body.

From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.

We love because he loved us first.

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

For this reason I kneel before the Father,

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

Everything you do should be done in love.

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

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

(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don't they?

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.

but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments.

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both.