Leadership in the Family
Proverbs 4:11 BSB
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
Psalm 31:3 BSB
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
Isaiah 49:10 BSB
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
Isaiah 42:16 BSB
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 60:9 BSB
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
Exodus 15:13 BSB
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
Joshua 4:6 BSB
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Galatians 4:24 BSB
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Esther 1:8 BSB
By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
Amos 3:1 BSB
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Genesis 30:3 BSB
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
Jeremiah 3:14 BSB
“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
1 Timothy 5:4 BSB
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
Genesis 16:2 BSB
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Mark 10:43 BSB
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
1 Timothy 3:2 BSB
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Proverbs 11:14 BSB
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Psalm 49:14 BSB
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Proverbs 17:2 BSB
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
Psalm 19:13 BSB
Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.