thankful for family and friends bible verse


1 Thessalonians 5:18: "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

Proverbs 17:17: "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity."

Psalm 133:1: "How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!"

Ephesians 5:20: "Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

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."





bible verses about family love


Ephesians 5:25: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."

Proverbs 22:6: "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."

Colossians 3:20: "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."

1 Corinthians 13:4-7: "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."

Exodus 20:12: "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."

1 John 4:7: "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God."

Psalm 127:3: "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him."





scripture about family togetherness


Psalm 133:1 - "How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!"

Ephesians 4:2-3 - "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."

Colossians 3:13-14 - "Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."

Joshua 24:15 - "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."

1 Peter 4:8-9 - "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling."

Proverbs 17:17 - "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity."





bible verses about family and friends kjv


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.

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.

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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 6:1-2 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise.

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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.





bible verse for family blessing


Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Psalm 128:1-4
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

Ephesians 3:14-15
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.





scriptures for family and friends day sermons


Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."

Proverbs 17:17 - "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."

Ephesians 6:1-4 - "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise), that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."

John 15:12-13 - "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Matthew 18:20 - "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."

Colossians 3:13-14 - "Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."

Ruth 1:16 - "But Ruth said, 'Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.'"

Psalm 133:1 - "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity."





bible verse about family love and unity


Psalm 133:1
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

1 Timothy 5:8
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.





short bible verse about family


Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother... (Ephesians 6:1-2)