Quotes about Family
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
— Proverbs 15:17
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
— Proverbs 15:20
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
— Proverbs 17:2
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
— Proverbs 17:6
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
— Proverbs 17:21
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
— Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
— Proverbs 19:13
Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
— Proverbs 19:14
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
— Proverbs 19:18
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
— Proverbs 19:26
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
— Proverbs 20:20
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
— Proverbs 23:22