Bible Verses About Stepfamilies
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for stepfamilies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 291 votes, led by Proverbs 22:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Stepfamilies
Proverbs 22:618 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 3:14-1515 votes
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 6:415 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Exodus 20:1214 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Joshua 24:1514 votes
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Proverbs 1:814 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Colossians 3:2014 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:814 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Genesis 2:2411 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Psalms 127:3-511 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 11:2911 votes
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 12:411 votes
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 15:2011 votes
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 15:2711 votes
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Matthew 15:411 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
John 3:16-1711 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 11:311 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Ephesians 6:111 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
1 Timothy 3:411 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1 Timothy 3:511 votes
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 John 4:1911 votes
We love him, because he first loved us.
Deuteronomy 6:6-710 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Psalms 103:17-1810 votes
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Proverbs 6:2010 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
What does the Bible say about stepfamilies?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of stepfamilies. Across 291 votes, 24 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 3:14-15, Ephesians 6:4, Exodus 20:12. This page lists all 24 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.