Quotes about Family
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
— Song of Solomon 8:8
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
— Isaiah 3:6
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
— Isaiah 45:10
Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
— Isaiah 49:20
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
— Isaiah 51:18
Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
— Isaiah 60:4
And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
— Jeremiah 8:3
My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
— Jeremiah 10:20
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
— Jeremiah 12:6
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
— Jeremiah 16:3
You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
— Jeremiah 17:22
Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
— Jeremiah 29:6