Bible Verses About Family (KJV)

24 King James Version scriptures on family, children, and marriage, grouped for reflection and family devotions. Every verse links to its full chapter. Looking for a specific word or phrase? Search all three translations, or browse every subject on the Topics index.

Verses About Family and the Home

Scripture treats the household as a place of worship, not just a place to live. Joshua sets the pattern with a decision made for the whole house — “as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” — and the Psalms name children themselves as a heritage from God. These verses frame the family as a gift entrusted to be stewarded before Him.

15And 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.

Joshua 24:15

3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalms 127:3

3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Psalms 128:3

6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 17:6

8But 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 Timothy 5:8

Verses About Raising Children

The Bible gives parents both a charge and a warning. Proverbs calls them to train a child in the way he should go, and Deuteronomy makes that training a daily habit woven into ordinary conversation. Ephesians and Colossians balance the child’s call to obey with the parent’s call not to provoke — instruction and gentleness held together.

6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1-4

6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7And 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.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Proverbs 29:17

20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Colossians 3:20-21

4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

3 John 1:4

Verses About Marriage

Marriage in Scripture is a covenant, not merely a contract. Genesis describes a man and woman becoming “one flesh,” and Jesus underlines that union as something God has joined. Ephesians raises the calling higher still, asking husbands to love as Christ loved the church, while Ecclesiastes reminds every couple that two are better than one.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Mark 10:9

25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 5:25

33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Ephesians 5:33

9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Bible say about family?

The King James Version presents the family as a gift from God to be ordered around Him. Joshua 24:15 declares, “as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD,” and Psalm 127:3 calls children “an heritage of the LORD.” 1 Timothy 5:8 warns that anyone who fails to provide for his own household “hath denied the faith.” Throughout Scripture the home is treated as the first place faith is taught, lived, and passed on.

What are good KJV scriptures about family and children?

Proverbs 22:6 is among the best known: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Ephesians 6:1-4 pairs a child’s call to obey with a parent’s call not to “provoke your children to wrath,” and Deuteronomy 6:6-7 tells parents to teach God’s words diligently to their children throughout the day.

What Bible verses talk about marriage in the KJV?

Genesis 2:24 establishes marriage as two becoming “one flesh,” and Jesus affirms it in Mark 10:9: “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” Ephesians 5:25 calls husbands to love their wives “even as Christ also loved the church,” setting a sacrificial standard for marriage.