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Bible Verses About Providing for a Family
Find Bible verses about providing for a family — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about providing for a family?
The Bible addresses providing for a family 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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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.”
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Mark 3:25
“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
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Matthew 19:19
“'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"”
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.”
Proverbs 23:25
“Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!”
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.”
Proverbs 1:8
“My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:”
Proverbs 17:6
“Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.”
Proverbs 10:1
“The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.”
Genesis 8:16
“"Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.”
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