'Household' in the Bible

If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.

It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to those of his household!"

He knew what they were thinking and told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Then he told them, "That is why every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom from heaven is like the master of a household who brings both new and old things out of his treasure chest."

"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others their food at the right time?

And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.

Joseph, too, went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the City of David (called Bethlehem), because he was a descendant of the household and family of David.

Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.

Since he knew what they were thinking, he told them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is devastated, and a divided household collapses.

From now on, five people in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever.

and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler of Egypt and of his whole household.

When the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of those who served him regularly.

He will discuss with you how you and your entire household will be saved.'

He brought Paul and Silas upstairs into his house and set food before them. He was thrilled, as was his household, to believe in God.

That is why you are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,

All the saints, especially those of the emperor's household, greet you.

in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was in all God's household,

Moses was faithful in all God's household as a servant who was to testify to what would be said later,

but the Messiah was faithful as the Son in charge of God's household, and we are his household if we hold on to our courage and the hope in which we rejoice.

and since we have a great high priest over the household of God,

You household servants must submit yourselves to your masters out of respect, not only to those who are kind and fair, but also to those who are unjust.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?