Quotes about Family
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
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
— Proverbs 23:24
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
— Proverbs 23:25
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
— Proverbs 27:10
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
— Proverbs 28:24
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
— Proverbs 29:17
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
— Proverbs 30:11