What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Synonyms for Family: household, home, ménage, brood, family unit, menage nuclear family, family circle, house, birthplace, homeland, fatherland, motherland, roots, cradle, tribe, clan, extended family, and  native land

Genesis 18:18-19 (ESV)
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19. For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Genesis 31:49 (ESV)
“The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another’s sight.

Exodus 20:12 (ESV)
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Psalms 10:17 (ESV)
O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalms 46:1 (ESV)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalms 128:3-4 (ESV)
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord .

Psalms 133:1 (ESV)
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

Proverbs 17:6 (ESV)
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Proverbs 17:17 (ESV)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 23:15 (ESV)
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.

Proverbs 31:21-23 (ESV)
She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. 22. She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. 23. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.

Proverbs 31:27-28 (ESV)
She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (ESV)
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2. a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

Matthew 6:9-13 (ESV)
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11. Give us this day our daily bread, 12. and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Mark 10:9 (ESV)
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

John 16:22 (ESV)
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Acts 16:31-34 (ESV)
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. 34. Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

Romans 10:13 (ESV)
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

1 Corinthians 13:13 (ESV)
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Ephesians 5:22-23 (ESV)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Colossians 3:15 (ESV)
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Colossians 3:19-21 (ESV)
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

1 Timothy 3:10-12 (ESV)
And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

1 John 4:19 (ESV)
We love because he first loved us.

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