Bible Verses about “family love”
The Bible contains 50 verses about family love across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.”
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”
“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”
“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
“And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”
“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”
“So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.”
“So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”
“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:”
“¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].”
“When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.”
“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”
“¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:”
“For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.”
“And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
“Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.”
“Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.”
“My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:”
“She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.”
“For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.”
“Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.”
“¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:”
“¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.”
“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”
“She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.”
“The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.”
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.”