Family unity

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• 1 Timothy 5:8

  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 6:1–4

  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. …

• Proverbs 22:6

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

• Ephesians 6:4

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

• Psalms 133:1

  A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

• 1 Corinthians 13:1–13

  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. 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 though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. …

• Genesis 2:24

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

• Proverbs 3:5

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

• 1 John 4:7

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

• 1 Timothy 3:4

  One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

• Leviticus 19:17–18

  Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

• Acts 2:39

  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• Psalms 145:18

  The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

• Ephesians 3:14–15

  For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

• Ephesians 5:21

  Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

• Psalms 1:1–6

  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. …

• Deuteronomy 6:5–9

  And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. …

• Luke 16:18

  Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

• Ephesians 5:33

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

• Joshua 24:15

  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.

• John 17:21

  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

• 1 Peter 3:8

  Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

• 1 Corinthians 1:10

  Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

• Proverbs 3:6

  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

• Colossians 3:14

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

• Hebrews 11:1–40

  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. …

• John 13:34–35

  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

• Exodus 20:12

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

• Psalms 23:1–6

  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. …

• Colossians 3:13

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

• Genesis 28:14

  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.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• Psalms 127:3–5

  Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

• Ephesians 4:3

  Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

• Ephesians 4:2

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

• Genesis 1:28

  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.

• Proverbs 18:22

  Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

• Ephesians 3:15

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

• Proverbs 15:20

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

• Proverbs 11:29

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