Verses on parents and children, on honoring parents, and on families living together in peace. Read them here, or swipe through them one at a time.
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!”
Joshua 24:15
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Psalm 127:3
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
Psalm 133:1
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Colossians 3:20–21
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Ruth 1:16
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. 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.
Deuteronomy 6:6–7
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well: “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
Proverbs 31:28–29
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
Luke 15:20
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
3 John 1:4
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm 68:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Proverbs 17:6
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Romans 12:10
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
Proverbs 1:8–9
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
1 John 3:1
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 16:31
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 14:26
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Psalm 128:3