Bible Verses About Family

"These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."

"Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them."

"Even a child is known by their actions, by whether their conduct is pure and upright."

"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother' — which is the first commandment with a promise."

"Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old."

"Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."

"Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone."

"Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God."

"A good person leaves an inheritance for their children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous."

"We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done."

"I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old — what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children."

"As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."

"God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing."

"Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord."