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Bible verses about family

Scripture treats the family as a gift and a trust — a place to teach, to honor, and to love. These verses speak to parents, children, and households seeking to follow God together.

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Joshua 24:15 “But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”” Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Psalms 127:3 “Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.” Ephesians 6:1 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 6:7 “And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”