What does the Bible say about family? Although family is a gift from God, there is a lot of controversy as to why there are so many dysfunctional, broken, and divided families in the world. Today we are going to dig into scripture to discover what God says about family, the role of each family member, and how a family after God’s own heart should treat one another.
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What Does The Bible Say About Family?
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A Word For Parents….
1. Remember that your children are a heritage from God.
Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. (NKJV)
2. Instruct your children wisely.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. (NKJV)
3. Pass down your faith to your children.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (NKJV)
4. Do not provoke your children.
Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (NKJV)
5. Do not discourage your children.
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. (NKJV)
6. Your actions can affect your children positively or negatively.
Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children. (NKJV)
7. Rule your household with authority.
1 Timothy 3:4 One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence. (NKJV)
A Word For Children…
8. God wants you to honor your parents.
Ephesians 6:2 Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise. (NKJV)
Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lordyour God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (NKJV)
Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lordyour God is giving you. (NKJV)
Matthew 15:4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death. (NKJV)
9. A way to honor your parents is by obeying them.
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord. (NKJV)
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (NKJV)
10. Take instruction from your parents.
Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother. (NKJV)
11. Don’t despise discipline because it is necessary.
Hebrews 12:7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? (NKJV)
12. Respect your parents rules.
Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. (NKJV)
13. Your actions affect your parents.
Proverbs 15:20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother. (NKJV)
14. Value your parents.
Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father. (NKJV)
15. Regardless of what your parents do, God will never leave your side.
Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me. (NKJV)
A Word For Husbands…
16. Rule your household with authority.
1 Timothy 3:5 For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God? (NKJV)
17. Love your wife as yourself.
Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (NKJV)
18. Do not be bitter towards your wife.
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. (NKJV)
19. Behave as the head of your household by submitting to Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. (NKJV)
20. Become one with your wife.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (NKJV)
21. You can influence your household positively.
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. (NKJV)
22. Guide your household in the way of the Lord.
Genesis 18:19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” (NKJV)
23. Be devoted to God, your household, and to those in need.
Acts 10:2 A devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. (NKJV)
A Word For Wives….
24. Win your husband over with your conduct.
1 Peter 3:1-2 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. (NKJV)
25. Submit to your husband.
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. (NKJV)
26. Provide to your household with love and devotion.
Proverbs 31:15 She also rises while it is yet night,
And provides food for her household, And a portion for her maidservants. (NKJV)
27. Be the crown of your husband.
Proverbs 12:4 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones. (NKJV)
28. Treat your husband well continuously.
Proverbs 31:12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life. (NKJV)
29. Be a blessing to your family.
Proverbs 31:28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her. (NKJV)
A Word For All Family Members…
30. Bear and forgive each other.
Colossians 3:13 Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (NKJV)
31. Love the way Jesus would love.
John 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (NKJV)
32. Be supportive.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (NKJV)
33. Live in unity because a divided house cannot stand.
Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! (NKJV)
Mark 3:25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. (NKJV)
34. Look out for your family.
1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (NKJV)
35. Be there for your family in adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity. (NKJV)
36. Do not trouble your own house.
Proverbs 11:29 He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. (NKJV)
37. Listen more, argue less.
James 1:19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. (NKJV)
38. Do not hate your family.
1 John 4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? (NKJV)
39. Serve the Lord with your family.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that wereon the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (NKJV)
40. God has put you in the family you are in with purpose.
Psalm 68:6 God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. (NKJV)
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FINAL THOUGHTS
I hope you found this post helpful and learned a little bit more on what the Bible says about family. Let me know in the comments below which bible verse about family you loved the most.
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Sending you blessings & love,
Gabby Abigail
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