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There, too, before the LORD, your God, you and your families
shall eat and make merry over all your undertakings, because the
LORD, your God, has blessed you. [DEUT 12:7]
"When a man is newly wed, he need not go out on a military
expedition, nor shall any public duty be imposed on him. He shall
be exempt for one year for the sake of his family, to bring joy to
the wife he has married." [DEUT 24:5]
Because Rahab the harlot had hidden the messengers whom Joshua
had sent to reconnoiter Jericho, Joshua spared her with her family
and all her kin, who continue in the midst of Israel to this day.
[JOSH 6:25]
In the morning you must present yourselves by tribes. The tribe
which the LORD designates shall come forward by clans; the clan
which the LORD designates shall come forward by families; the
family which the LORD designates shall come forward one by one.
[JOSH 7:14]
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had
commanded him. But through fear of his family and of the
townspeople, he would not do it by day, but did it at night. [JUDG
6:27]
Gideon made an ephod out of the gold and placed it in his city
Ophrah. However, all Israel paid idolatrous homage to it there,
and caused the ruin of Gideon and his family. [JUDG 8:27]
They said to him, "Be still: put your hand over your
mouth. Come with us and be our father and priest. Is it better for
you to be priest for the family of one man or to be priest for a
tribe and a clan in Israel?" [JUDG 18:19]
This, therefore, is the oracle of the LORD, the God of Israel:
'I said in the past that your family and your father's family
should minister in my presence forever. But now,' the LORD
declares, 'away with this! for I will honor those who honor me,
but those who spurn me shall be accursed.' [1SAM 2:30]
I announce to him that I am condemning his family once and for
all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were
blaspheming God, he did not reprove them. [1SAM 3:13]
"But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all
your evils and calamities, by saying to him, 'Not so, but you must
appoint a king over us.' Now, therefore, take your stand before
the LORD according to tribes and families." [1SAM 10:19]
"The name of Jonathan must never be allowed by the family of
David to die out from among you, or the LORD will make you answer
for it." [Taken from 1SAM 20:16]
"It is not I who disturb Israel," he answered,
"but you and your family, by forsaking the commands of the
LORD and following the Baals." [1KGS 18:18]
Thus all Israel was inscribed in its family records which are recorded in the book of the kings of
Israel. Now Judah had been carried in captivity to Babylon because of its rebellion. Their kindred of various families were nine hundred and fifty-six. All those named were heads of their ancestral houses.
[1CHRON 9:1,9]
The ark of God remained in the house of Obed-edom with his
family for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom's
household and all that he possessed. [1CHRON 13:14]
[David] said to them: "You, the heads of the levitical
families, must sanctify yourselves along with your brethren and
bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place which I
have prepared for it." [Taken from 1CHRON 15:12]
Give to the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and praise; Give to the LORD the glory due his name! Bring gifts, and enter his presence; worship the LORD in holy attire.
[1CHRON 16:28-29]
"Moreover, I declare to you that I, the LORD, will build you a house; so that when your days have been completed and you must join your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you who will be one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. He it is who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me, and I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from him who preceded you; but I will maintain him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be firmly established forever." All these words and this whole vision Nathan related exactly to David. Then David came in and sat in the LORD'S presence, saying: "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me as far as I have come? And yet, even this you now consider too little, O God! For you have made a promise regarding your servant's family reaching into the distant future, and you have looked on me as henceforth the most notable of men, O LORD God. What more can David say to you? You know your servant. O LORD, for your servant's sake and in keeping with your purpose, you have done this great thing. O LORD, there is no one like you and there is no God but you, just as we have always understood."
[Taken from 1CHRON 17:10-20]
They cast lots for each gate, the small and the large families
alike. [1CHRON 26:13]
However, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all my
father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah
as leader, then one family of Judah, that of my father; and
finally, among all the sons of my father, it pleased him to make
me king over all Israel. [1CHRON 28:4]
"But now, because of the delight I take in the house of my God, in addition to all that I stored up for the holy house, I give to the house of my God my personal fortune in gold and silver: three thousand talents of Ophir gold, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the rooms, for the various utensils to be made of gold and silver, and for every work that is to be done by artisans. Now, who else is willing to contribute generously this day to the LORD?" Then the heads of the families, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's affairs came forward willingly and contributed for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
[1CHRON 29:3-7]
These men searched their family records, but their names could not be found written there; hence they were degraded from the priesthood, and His Excellency ordered them not to partake of the most holy foods until there should be a priest bearing the Urim and
Thummim. [EZRA 2:62-63]
When my God had put it into my mind to gather together the
nobles, the magistrates, and the common people, and to examine
their family records, I came upon the family list of those who had
returned in the earliest period. There I found the following
written... [Taken from NEH 7:5]
He shall rely upon his family, but it shall not last; he shall
cling to it, but it shall not endure. [JOB 8:15]
All the ends of the earth will worship
and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low
before you. [PS 22:28]
Give to the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and might; give to the LORD the glory due his name!
Bring gifts and enter his courts; bow down to the LORD, splendid in holiness.
Tremble before God, all the earth; say among the nations: The LORD is king.
The world will surely stand fast, never to be moved. God rules the peoples with fairness.
[PS 96:7-10]
For family and friends I say, "May peace be yours."
[PS 122:8]
He who upsets his household has empty air for a heritage; and
the fool will become slave to the wise man. [PROV 11:29]
He who fears the LORD honors his father, and serves his parents as rulers. In word and deed honor your father that his blessing may come upon you; For a father's blessing gives a family firm roots, but a mother's curse uproots the growing plant. Glory not in your father's shame, for his shame is no glory to you! His father's honor is a man's glory; disgrace for her children, a mother's shame.
[SIRACH 3:7-11]
Bring not every man into your house, for many are the snares of the crafty
one... Lodge a stranger with you, and he will subvert your course, and make a stranger of you to your own household.
[SIRACH 11:29,34]
All these were glorious in their time, each illustrious in his day. Some of them have left behind a name and men recount their praiseworthy deeds; But of others there is no memory, for when they ceased, they ceased.
And they are as though they had not lived, they and their children after them. Yet these also were godly men whose virtues have not been forgotten; Their wealth remains in their families, their heritage with their descendants; Through God's covenant with them their family endures, their posterity, for their sake. And for all time their progeny will endure, their glory will never be blotted
out [Taken SIRACH 44:7-13]
For Moses ordained him and anointed him with the holy oil, In a
lasting covenant with him and with his family, as permanent as the
heavens, That he should serve God in his priesthood and bless his
people in his name. [SIRACH 45:15]
And the strength he gave to Caleb remained with him even in his
old age Till he won his way onto the summits of the land; his
family too received an inheritance, That all the people of Jacob might know how good it is to be a devoted follower of the LORD. [SIRACH 46:9-10]
But God does not withdraw his mercy, nor permit even one of his
promises to fail. He does not uproot the posterity of his chosen
one, nor destroy the offspring of his friend. So he gave to Jacob
a remnant, to David a root from his own family. [SIRACH 47:22]
I will place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; when he opens, no one shall shut, when he shuts, no one shall open. I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot, to be a place of honor for his family; On him shall hang all the glory of his family: descendants and offspring, all the little dishes, from bowls to jugs. [ISA
22:22-24]
You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the
earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your crimes. [AMOS 3:2]
For the son dishonors his father, the daughter rises up against
her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a
man's enemies are those of his household. [MICAH 7:6]
Woe to him who pursues evil gain for his household, setting his
nest on high to escape the reach of misfortune! [HAB 2:9]
I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and petition; and they shall look on him whom they have thrust through, and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they shall grieve over him as one grieves over a first-born. On that day the mourning in Jerusalem shall be as great as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo. And the land shall mourn, each family apart: the family of the house of David, and their wives; the family of the house of Nathan, and their wives; the family of the house of Levi, and their wives; the family of
Shemei, and their wives; and all the rest of the families, each family apart, and the wives apart.
[ZECH 12:10-14]
If any of the families of the earth does not come up to
Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, no rain shall
fall upon them [ZECH 14:17]
It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher,
for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called
the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his
household! [MT 10:25]
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man 'against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's enemies will be those of his household.'"
[MT 10:34-36]
And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
[LK 2:4-5]
And to another he said, "Follow me." But he replied, "(Lord,) let me go first and bury my father." But he answered him, "Let the dead bury their dead.
But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." And another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home." (To him) Jesus said, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God."
[LK 9:59-62]
"Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
[LK 12:51-53]
"Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David's
family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David
lived?" [JN 7:42]
Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if a son frees you, then you will truly be free."
[JN 8:34-36]
"My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those
others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation
has been sent." [ACTS 13:26]
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved." So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house. He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once. He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God. [ACTS
16:31-34]
So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all,
but especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.
[GAL 6:10]
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
capstone. Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
[EPH 2:17-22]
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. [EPH
3:14-19]
Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these first learn to perform their religious duty to their own family and to make recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing to God.
[1TM 5:3-4]
And whoever does not provide for relatives and especially
family members has denied the faith and is worse than an
unbeliever. [1TM 5:8]
For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.
He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them "brothers,"
saying: "I will proclaim your name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you";
and again: "I will put my trust in him"; and again: "Behold, I and the children God has given me."
Now since the children share in blood and flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
and free those who through fear of death had been subject to slavery all their life.
Surely he did not help angels but rather the descendants of Abraham;
therefore, he had to become like his brothers in every way, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God to expiate the sins of the people.
Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested
[HEB 10:18]
By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with
reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through
this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that
comes through faith. [HEB 11:7]
For it is time for the judgment to begin with the household of
God; if it begins with us, how will it end for those who fail to
obey the gospel of God? [1PT 4:17]
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