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What does the Bible say about family?
12 verses about family, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about family
- Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 4 votes
- Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 4 votes
- Colossians 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 3 votes
- 1 Timothy 3:5 — (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 3 votes
- 1 Timothy 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 3 votes
- Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2 votes
- Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 2 votes
- Psalms 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 2 votes
- Psalms 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 2 votes
- Proverbs 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 2 votes
- John 15:12 — This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 2 votes
- Ephesians 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 votes
Where these verses are
Psalms (2), Proverbs (2), 1 Timothy (2), Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Joshua (1), John (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1)
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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.