The best Bible verses for family short include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for family short, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and your father’s whole family.”"1 Samuel 22:16
"But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and your father’s whole family.”"1 Samuel 22:16
"Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and the other men of the high priest’s family."Acts 4:6
"On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family."Acts 7:13
"He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly."Acts 10:2
"At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized."Acts 16:33
"Hear this word the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:"Amos 3:1
"Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—"Daniel 1:3
"These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:"Exodus 1:1
"Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household."Exodus 12:3
"The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation."Genesis 7:1
"With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all."Genesis 46:27
"Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years"Genesis 50:22
"For what does he care about the family he leaves behind when his allotted months come to an end?"Job 21:21
Length decides almost everything here. A verse that reads beautifully on a page can be unreadable once it is set in a small typeface, wrapped around a curve, or cropped to a square. The 15 verses below were chosen for brevity first — most run under a dozen words — so they stay legible at the size you will actually use them.
Self-contained meaning matters just as much. "Do not be anxious about anything" carries its full sense alone; a verse that opens with "Therefore" or "But" does not, and it will read as a fragment to anyone who encounters it without the surrounding passage. Every verse here stands on its own.
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The most-cited Bible verses for family short are 1 Samuel 22:16, 2 Chronicles 26:12, Acts 4:6. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to family short across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for family short, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.