Today we will be dealing with 20 Bible verses about home and family. There is a distinct difference between a house and a home. And there is a clear difference between a man and woman living together and family. When God established the institution of family, one of the purposes of it is to create a home. While a house is just a physical building or structure, a home is the peaceful coexistence of people living in that house. There are so many people who have a house but do not have a home. And there are so many people who have people around them but still lack the warm comfort of a family.
Home and family are built on the concept of love. When love is missing, there won’t be tolerance from members of the family. And how can humans live together when tolerance is missing? it will be difficult. The Lord wants us to live together in peace and harmony. When the home is not settled, the family will be in shambles. And when the family is in shambles the children will suffer for it. The first agent of socialization for every child is the family. But when there is no love, the child will be raised with the bitterness of heart and this is what the enemy wants.
How beautiful is it for people to live in peace and harmony? The home should be a place of refuge. It should be a place where we find love and acceptability when we are rejected outside. It should be a place where we find strength. The home should be a prayer ground. The family should be our Greatest intercessors. That’s why the home and family should be our greatest allies when we need one. We have compiled a list of 20 Bible verses about home and family. If you are experiencing anything contrary to love and peace in your family, pray to God to grant every member of your family the spirit of love.
1. Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
2. Colossians 3:13
“Bear with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgive each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”
3. Psalm 133:1
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
4. Psalm 127:3-5
“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”
5. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
6. Acts 16:31-34
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 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. 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.”
7. Matthew 6:9-13
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
8. Colossians 3:15
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
9. Hebrew 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy, without holiness no one will see the Lord.
10. 1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
11. Job 4:19
“How much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth.”
12. Zechariah 8:9
“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Work hard, you who are hearing these words today. The prophets spoke these words when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord All-Powerful, for the building of the Temple.”
13. Isaiah 28:16
“Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone a costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believe in it will not be disturbed.”
14. 1 Corinthians 3:12-15
“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.”
15. 1 Corinthians 3:10
“According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.”
16. Hebrews 3:4
“For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.”
17. 2 Samuel 7:29
“Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.”
18. 1 Timothy 6:18-19
“Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.”
19. Psalm 127:1
“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.”
20. Ephesians 6:4
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
