Family Love

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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.

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

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

We love him, because he first loved us.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Let all your things be done with charity.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

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?

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. — read the full passage →

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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. — read the full passage →

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; — read the full passage →

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

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

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