100 Verses about Unconditional Love in the Family

I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s!

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

She is clothed with strength and honor, and she can laugh at the time to come.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.

“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand.

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!

It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

He will bless his loyal followers, both young and old.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!

How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

Everything you do should be done in love.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.

Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Brotherly love must continue.

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praises her:

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

We love because he loved us first.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,