Bible on Family

They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.

And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.

And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.