The Bible teaches us a lot about how we should take care of our family. When God gives us a family, we must take good care of our loved ones. By taking care of our family, we are following God’s commandments.
The Bible says that if we are believers and do not take care of our family, we are worse than unbelievers. In the Bible, we see many incidents from which we can learn how we should take care of our family. From the life of Joseph, we see that his brothers sold him, but later he saved his family from famine.
He loved his family, so he never hurt them but kept them alive by providing them with food. We can learn that even if our loved ones hurt us, we should still love them and be merciful to them.
If we fail to take care of our family, we will understand that we do not believe in God and are disobedient to Him. Jesus taught us how we need to take care of our family even in the most difficult times of life. Even as He was suffering the agony of death on the cross, He asked His beloved disciple to take care of His mother. This incident teaches us that we should never neglect our loved ones.
Taking care of our family members does not only mean providing them with food and clothing. It also means nurturing them spiritually and mentally. We need to take care of our family members so that they grow spiritually, so that they are enriched with divine knowledge.
Let us look at the following Bible verses that first mention taking care of your family.
Proverbs 11:29 :—
“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart”
Proverbs 12:4 :—
“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones”
Proverbs 13:22 :—
“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just”
Proverbs 14:26 :—
“In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: his children shall have a place of refuge”
Proverbs 15:20 :—
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother”
Proverbs 17:6 :—
“Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their fathers”
Proverbs 19:14 :—
“House riches are the inheritance of fathers: a prudent wife is from the Lord”
Proverbs 1:8-9 :—
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, forsake not the law of thy motherFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, chains about thy neck”
Proverbs 22:6 :—
“Train up a child in the way he should go: when he is old, he will not depart from it”
Proverbs 23:24 :—
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him”
Proverbs 31:10-12 :—
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubiesThe heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoilShe will do him good not evil all the days of her life”
Proverbs 31:15 :—
“She riseth also while it is yet night, giveth meat to her household, a portion to her maidens”
Proverbs 31:20-21 :—
“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needyShe is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet”
Proverbs 31:23 :—
“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land”
Proverbs 31:27-28 :—
“She looketh well to the ways of her household, eateth not the bread of idlenessHer children arise up, call her blessed; her husband also, he praiseth her”
Proverbs 3:33 :—
“The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just”
Ephesians 5:25 :—
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, gave himself for it”
Ephesians 5:28 :—
“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself”
Ephesians 6:1-4 :—
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is rightHonour thy father mother; which is the first commandment with promiseThat it may be well with thee, thou mayest live long on the earthAnd, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture admonition of the Lord”
Colossians 3:14 :—
“Above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness”
Colossians 3:18 :—
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord”
Colossians 3:21 :—
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged”
Titus 1:6 :—
“If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly”
Titus 2:4 :—
“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children”
Deuteronomy 11:19 :—
“Ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, when thou risest up”
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 :—
“These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heartAnd thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, when thou risest up”
Psalm 103:17 :—
“But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, his righteousness unto children’s children”
Psalm 127:3 :—
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : the fruit of the womb is his reward”
Psalm 128:3 :—
“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table”
Joshua 24:15 :—
“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 my house, we will serve the Lord”
Exodus 20:12 :—
“Honour thy father thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”
Romans 12:10-13 :—
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one anotherNot slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the LordRejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayerDistributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality”
Romans 15:2 :—
“Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification”
Galatians 6:10 :—
“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith”
Genesis 18:19 :—
“For I know him, that he will command his children his household after him, they shall keep the way of the Lord , to do justice judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him”
Genesis 2:24 :—
“Therefore shall a man leave his father his mother, shall cleave unto his wife: they shall be one flesh”
Acts 16:31-34 :—
“They said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, thou shalt be saved, thy houseAnd they spake unto him the word of the Lord, to all that were in his houseAnd he took them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes; was baptized, he all his, straightwayAnd when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, rejoiced, believing in God with all his house”
Matthew 15:4-6 :—
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father mother: , He that curseth father or mother, let him die the deathBut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by meAnd honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition”
Jeremiah 29:6 :—
“Take ye wives, beget sons daughters; take wives for your sons, give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons daughters; that ye may be increased there, not diminished”
Philippians 2:4 :—
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others”
Luke 11:11-13 :—
“If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
Psalm 133:1 :—
“Behold, how good how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity”
Hebrews 13:4 :—
“Marriage is honourable in all, the bed undefiled: but whoremongers adulterers God will judge”
Isaiah 38:19 :—
“The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth”
Mark 7:9-13 :—
“He said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own traditionFor Moses said, Honour thy father thy mother; , Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the deathBut ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be freeAnd ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his motherMaking the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: many such like things do ye”