Quotes about Family
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
— Jeremiah 41:1
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
— Ezekiel 16:44
You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
— Ezekiel 16:45
Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
— Ezekiel 16:46
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
— Ezekiel 16:61
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
— Ezekiel 18:10
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
— Ezekiel 18:14
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
— Ezekiel 19:2
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
— Ezekiel 22:7
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
— Ezekiel 23:2
They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
— Ezekiel 37:25
But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
— Daniel 11:7