What Does the Bible Say About Family?

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother—which is the first commandment with a promise—”

Colossians 3:20

“Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.”

Proverbs 22:6

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

Joshua 24:15

“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

1 Timothy 5:8

“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Psalm 127:3

“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”

Proverbs 31:26

“She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”