What Does the Bible Say About Family Loyalty?

James 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

1 Samuel 1:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord. On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. ...

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

John 7:9-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

After saying this, he remained in Galilee. But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.” Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him. ...

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

Joshua 24:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

Luke 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,

Matthew 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Matthew 8:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Matthew 8:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Psalm 37:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Joshua 24:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond 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.”

Leviticus 26:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ...

1 John 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

James 5:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, and if she goes and becomes another man's wife, and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

32 Bible Verses about Family Loyalty

James 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Samuel 1:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 7:9-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Joshua 24:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 8:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 8:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Joshua 24:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 26:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 5:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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32 Bible Verses about Family Loyalty

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James 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Samuel 1:1-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 7:9-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Joshua 24:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 8:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 8:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Joshua 24:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 26:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 5:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote