Quotes About Family

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish son is his fatherís ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

Do not forsake your friend or your fatherís friend, and do not go to your brotherís house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.

Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my motherís house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.