This collection of Bible verses about family provides spiritual insight and wisdom to nurture your bonds with loved ones.
Whether you’re seeking unity, healing, or guidance in raising children, these verses remind you of God’s plan for families.
They emphasize love, forgiveness, respect, and patience, offering timeless counsel to encourage healthy, God-centered relationships in your family.
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Bible Verses About Family
Strengthening Family Bonds
Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. – Exodus 20:12
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6
But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. – Joshua 24:15
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. – Colossians 3:20
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. – Colossians 3:21
The family of the upright will be blessed. – Proverbs 14:11
Let all that you do be done in love. – 1 Corinthians 16:14
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalm 127:3
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who brings disgrace is like decay in his bones. – Proverbs 12:4
Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. – Proverbs 31:28
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God’s Plan for the Family
But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.” – Jeremiah 1:7
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! – Psalm 133:1
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – Matthew 6:21
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. – Numbers 6:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another. – Hebrews 10:24-25
The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. – Proverbs 19:8
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. – Proverbs 18:22
Do everything in love. – 1 Corinthians 16:14
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – 1 Timothy 5:8
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. – 1 John 4:18
Love and Unity in Family
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:8
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. – Colossians 3:15
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. – Ephesians 4:2
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. – Ephesians 5:25
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. – Ephesians 5:22
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. – Ephesians 6:1
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. – Matthew 19:6
Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:4
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. – Proverbs 16:8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. – 1 Corinthians 13:4
Encouraging Families in Faith
The righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him. – Proverbs 20:7
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. – Acts 2:42
Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:4
Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. – Proverbs 17:6
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. – Jeremiah 29:11
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. – James 1:17
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. – Hebrews 13:16
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. – Galatians 5:22-23
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. – Proverbs 17:17
Family’s Role in Faith
For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24
Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. – Mark 10:14
Do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. – Joshua 24:15
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. – Galatians 5:22-23
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. – Ephesians 6:1
The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. – Proverbs 14:1
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7
And they came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.” – Matthew 22:16
Do everything in love. – 1 Corinthians 16:14
