Quotes About Family

And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ëI discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.í But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

A man is not to marry his fatherís wife, so that he will not dishonor his fatherís marriage bed.

If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husbandís brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

his brotherís widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brotherís line.”

And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

ëCursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who sleeps with his fatherís wife, for he has violated his fatherís marriage bed.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,

The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter

your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

He said of his father and mother, ëI do not consider them.í He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,

Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.