Here are 44 Bible verses about love and family from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Proverbs 17:17 KJV
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Romans 12:5 KJV
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Philippians 2:2 KJV
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
2 Samuel 7:18 KJV
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
Matthew 10:36 KJV
And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
1 John 4:20 KJV
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?
1 Timothy 5:8 KJV
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.
Ephesians 3:14 KJV
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Psalms 115:14 KJV
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Luke 6:32 KJV
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Romans 12:10 KJV
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Proverbs 22:2 KJV
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
1 Corinthians 16:14 KJV
Let all your things be done with charity.
2 John 1:1 KJV
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Jeremiah 8:3 KJV
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
John 11:5 KJV
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
1 Timothy 3:4 KJV
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Psalms 45:10 KJV
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
1 John 4:19 KJV
We love him, because he first loved us.
Amos 3:2 KJV
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Deuteronomy 15:16 KJV
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
Jeremiah 12:6 KJV
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
Jeremiah 31:1 KJV
At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
1 Timothy 3:5 KJV
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Luke 14:26 KJV
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Matthew 5:46 KJV
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
2 John 1:6 KJV
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
1 Peter 1:22 KJV
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:
Ephesians 6:23 KJV
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 5:10 KJV
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Ephesians 3:15 KJV
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Matthew 5:47 KJV
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Galatians 6:10 KJV
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Matthew 10:37 KJV
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Psalms 122:8 KJV
For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Luke 18:29 KJV
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
Nehemiah 4:14 KJV
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Proverbs 14:20 KJV
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Ephesians 5:23 KJV
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Psalms 69:8 KJV
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
Colossians 3:14 KJV
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Luke 8:21 KJV
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
1 Peter 2:17 KJV
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
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