What Does the Bible Say About Family Ties?

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Corinthians 7:12-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

1 Corinthians 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”

Matthew 10:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

2 John 1:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

2 Samuel 22:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

1 Peter 1:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Galatians 5:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

Luke 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” ...

Matthew 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Proverbs 27:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

Proverbs 6:20-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

Psalm 119:146 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies.

Psalm 119:145 ESV / 2 helpful votes

With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.

2 Samuel 22:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

Hebrews 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 5:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

Psalm 133:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

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 Ties

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:12-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 10:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 John 1:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Samuel 22:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:20-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:146 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:145 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 22:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 133:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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32 Bible Verses about Family Ties

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Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:12-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 10:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 John 1:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Samuel 22:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:20-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:146 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:145 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 22:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 5:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 133:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote