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Bible Verses About Family Conflict
Find Bible verses about family conflict — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about family conflict?
The Bible addresses family conflict with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Genesis 6:18
“But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:8
“a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
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Genesis 13:8
“Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.”
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Deuteronomy 5:16
“"Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”
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Proverbs 23:22
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.”
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Ephesians 6:1
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
Matthew 10:34
“"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.”
Genesis 37:4
“His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.”
Mark 3:25
“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
Matthew 19:19
“'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"”
Genesis 3:15
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."”
Matthew 10:35
“For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Zechariah 12:12
“The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;”
Proverbs 29:3
“Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.”
Psalms 144:12
“Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.”
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