100 Bible Verses About Family Values

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.

And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed–edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that he had.

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?