24 Bible Verses about Relatives
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For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: do not believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him. He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
He said to him, "Say now to her, 'Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?'" She answered, "I dwell among my own people."
Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight at the threshing floor.
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's cost? Or has he given us any gift?"
So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben Hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" He said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."
Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, "Who are you?" They answered, "We are the brothers of Ahaziah. We are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen."
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
And look, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.
They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."
Topics on Relatives
Hatred Between Relatives
Genesis 4:9The LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Love Between Relatives
Psalm 133:1See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity.
Marrying Relatives
Exodus 6:20Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
Relatives Also Involved
Genesis 19:12The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:
Separating From Relatives
Genesis 12:1Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go out from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
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