19 Bible Verses About Family Love, Unity, & Strength

In this post you’ll learn my favorite bible verses about family.

The bible is filled with stories about family love, unity, strength, and even conflict. Family unity is important to God, but He knows that every family will have problems from time to time.

That’s why I often turn to scripture when I need guidance on how to unite family members when there is strife.

If you’re looking for a way to boost family happiness through scripture, you’ve come to the right place.

Ready to learn what the bible says about family?

Let’s get started!

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What Does the Bible Say About Family?

1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 KJV

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 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.

Acts 16:31 KJV

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

1 John 4:20 KJV

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Isaiah 49:15-16 KJV

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Psalm 103:17-18 KJV

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Psalm 133:1 KJV

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Ephesians 6:4 KJV

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:8 KJV

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.

1 Kings 8:57 KJV

The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

Joshua 24:15 KJV

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.

Matthew 19:19 KJV

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Proverbs About Family

Proverbs 6:20 KJV

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Proverbs 17:17 KJV

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24 KJV

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Proverbs 22:6 KJV

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 23:15 KJV

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Proverbs 23:24 KJV

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

Proverbs 27:10 KJV

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Now It's Your Turn

And now I’d like to hear from you.

Which bible verse about family was your favorite?

Are there any verses I should add to this list?

Either way let me know by leaving a comment below right now.