Bible on Family

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

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

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.

And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?