SinaiBible verses about Family
Marriage, parents, children, siblings, provision and the households God builds — including the families people are given rather than born into.
100 verses in 10 themes · World English Bible
Marriage
The covenant itself — what it is and why it holds.
Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
Husbands and Wives
How two people are told to treat each other day to day.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,
but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband. The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife. Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
Children as a Gift
How Scripture frames children before it says anything about raising them.
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive plants around your table.
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.
He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
Raising Children
Teaching, discipline, and the long work of formation.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.
I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.
Honouring Parents
The commandment with a promise attached, and what it means once you're grown.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Brothers and Sisters
Sibling rivalry, sibling loyalty, and the Bible's long memory for both.
Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”
If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Providing for Your Family
Work, planning and the duty to those who depend on you.
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
A Household That Serves God
Faith as something a home carries, not just an individual.
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.
Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
Family Conflict and Reconciliation
The Bible is honest that families fracture — and that some of them mend.
Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.
“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat, and celebrate; for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Family for Those Without One
God's particular attention to the widow, the orphan and the left-behind.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel. He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,