30 Bible Verses About Family Falling Apart

“Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.’ “

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.’ “

“For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.’ “

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.’ “

“They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’ “

“You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.’ “

“For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ “

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.’ “

“Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips.’ “

“a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ “

“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.’ “

“From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’ “

“Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.’ “

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.’ “

“A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.’ “

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.’ “

“A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.’ “

“Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.’ “

“If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.’ “

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.’ “

“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.’ “

“Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.’ “

“The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!’ “

“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.’ “

“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.’ “

“People will oppress each other—man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored.’ “

“For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.’ “

“For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—’ “

“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.’ “

“From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’ “