Home Biblical Household Responsibilities Chart – Feminine Fidelity Biblical Household Responsibilities Chart – Feminine Fidelity
Sisters, the chart below gathers passages showing God’s ordering of the home: the man’s responsibility to provide, protect, and lead, and the woman’s calling to be his help meet and care faithfully for the household. Some passages give direct commands; others show these responsibilities at work in family life. Together, they help us see the importance God places upon the home and the good accomplished through faithful service within it.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Men’s provision and household leadership
Passage
Man’s duty or work shown
Woman’s duty or work shown
Genesis 2:15–18 Cultivate and keep the garden; receive responsibility for its work.
Be a help meet for the man. www.biblegateway.com
Genesis 3:16–19 Labor for bread from the ground.
Childbearing and the relationship to her husband receive particular attention. www.biblegateway.com
Genesis 4:1–4 Cain tills the ground; Abel keeps sheep; their offerings come from their labor.
Eve bears children. www.biblegateway.com
Genesis 9:1–9, 20 Noah and his sons receive instruction concerning fruitfulness, food, and the covenant; Noah cultivates a vineyard.
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Genesis 13:2–9 Manage flocks and herds; oversee herdsmen; address conflict within the family’s affairs.
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Genesis 18:19 Direct children and the household to keep the Lord’s way.
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Genesis 25:27–28 Esau hunts, and his father eats the venison.
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Genesis 29:9–20 Jacob undertakes years of service in connection with obtaining a wife.
Rachel tends her father’s sheep as part of his household economy. www.biblegateway.com
Genesis 30:25–30 Jacob expressly seeks to provide for his own household through his labor.
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Genesis 31:38–42 Jacob bears losses and endures heat, cold, and lost sleep through years of labor.
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Genesis 37:2, 12–14 Jacob directs his sons; Joseph and his brothers tend their father’s flock.
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Leviticus 27:14–24 The laws describe a man’s dedication and redemption of household property, including houses and fields.
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Job 1:1–5 Manage substantial household resources and attend to the children’s spiritual welfare.
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Proverbs 6:6–11 Learn diligence, preparation, and provision rather than willing idleness.
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Proverbs 10:4–5 Work diligently and gather at the proper season.
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Proverbs 20:13 Avoid sloth and attend diligently to the work through which bread is obtained.
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Proverbs 24:27 Prepare productive work before establishing the house.
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Men’s protection and warfare
Passage
Man’s duty or work shown
Woman’s duty or work shown
Genesis 14:14–16 Abram arms his trained servants, rescues Lot, and recovers captives and possessions.
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Numbers 1:2–3 Able males twenty years old and upward are numbered for military service.
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Deuteronomy 20:5–9 Men prepare for warfare, with specified exemptions concerning a new house, vineyard, or betrothal.
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Numbers 32:16–18, 24–27 Arrange protected settlement for the family and go armed to help their brethren in battle.
Wives remain with the little ones and household possessions in the cities of Gilead. www.biblegateway.com
Deuteronomy 3:18–20 Those fit for war go forward armed to help their brethren.
Wives and little ones remain in the settled cities. www.biblegateway.com
Joshua 1:12–15 The mighty men of valor cross armed to help their brethren obtain the land.
Wives remain with the children and cattle in the land already given to their families. www.biblegateway.com
Nehemiah 4:14 Fight in defense of brethren, sons, daughters, wives, and houses.
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Deuteronomy 24:5 A newly married man is exempt from warfare and imposed duties for a year to attend to his wife.
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Psalm 68:12 Warfare and the defeat of opposing kings form the setting.
The woman remaining at home divides the spoil. www.biblegateway.com
Women’s household work and care
Passage
Man’s duty or work shown
Woman’s duty or work shown
Genesis 18:6–9 Abraham directs hospitality and participates in providing and serving the meal.
Sarah prepares bread within the tent. www.biblegateway.com
Exodus 2:1–10 —
Moses’s mother preserves and nurses him; his sister watches over him and helps arrange his return to his mother’s care. www.biblegateway.com
1 Samuel 1:21–23 —
Hannah remains to nurse Samuel until he is weaned. www.biblegateway.com
1 Samuel 2:19 —
Hannah makes and brings Samuel a coat each year. www.biblegateway.com
Ruth 2:17–18 —
Ruth gleans, prepares what she gathers, and brings food to Naomi. www.biblegateway.com
Ruth 4:9–16 Boaz redeems family property and assumes responsibility through marriage.
Ruth bears a son; Naomi receives the child into her care. www.biblegateway.com
Proverbs 14:1 —
Use wisdom to build and strengthen her house. www.biblegateway.com
Proverbs 31:10–31 Her husband trusts her faithful conduct and household care.
Do her husband good; provide food and clothing; manage household needs; undertake productive agricultural and commercial work; help the needy. www.biblegateway.com
Psalm 128:1–4 Fear the Lord and enjoy the fruit of his labor within a blessed household.
The wife is pictured as a fruitful vine within the household, with children around the table. www.biblegateway.com
2 Kings 4:8–10 The Shunammite woman brings her proposal for a guest room to her husband.
Provide meals and propose a furnished room for the Lord’s prophet. www.biblegateway.com
Acts 9:36–39 —
Dorcas practices good works and charity and makes garments remembered by the widows. www.biblegateway.com
Acts 16:14–15, 40 —
Lydia, a seller of purple, opens her home to the apostles; believers are later encouraged there. www.biblegateway.com
New Testament household duties
Passage
Man’s duty or work shown
Woman’s duty or work shown
1 Corinthians 11:3 Man is accountable to Christ and is named as head of the woman.
Recognize the order of headship described in the passage. www.biblegateway.com
Ephesians 5:22–33 Exercise headship; love sacrificially; nourish and cherish his wife.
Submit to her own husband and reverence him. www.biblegateway.com
1 Timothy 3:4–5, 12 Elders and deacons must govern their children and households well; household care bears upon fitness for church service.
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Ephesians 6:4 Bring children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord without provoking them to wrath.
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1 Timothy 5:8 Provide for his own household; neglect of household provision is condemned.
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1 Timothy 5:10 —
Bring up children, offer hospitality, serve the saints, relieve the afflicted, and follow good works. www.biblegateway.com
1 Timothy 5:14 —
Marry, bear children, and guide the house. www.biblegateway.com
1 Timothy 5:4, 16 Care for widowed relatives, helping preserve church support for those without family provision.
Believing women likewise care for widowed relatives and relieve their needs. www.biblegateway.com
1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 Attend quietly to his affairs and labor faithfully in connection with provision.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6, 10–12 Reject willing idleness and work quietly for his bread.
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Colossians 3:18–21 Love his wife without bitterness; avoid discouraging his children.
Submit to her own husband as is fitting in the Lord. www.biblegateway.com
1 Peter 3:1–7 Live considerately with his wife and honor her as a fellow heir of grace.
Be subject to her own husband; practice chaste conduct and cultivate a meek and quiet spirit. www.biblegateway.com
Titus 2:3–5 —
Love husband and children; be discreet, chaste, good, a keeper at home, and obedient to her own husband. Older women teach younger women these duties. www.biblegateway.com
Faithful love and service in the home
Passage
Man’s duty or work shown
Woman’s duty or work shown
Psalm 127:3 Receive and value children as the Lord’s gift.
Receive and value children as the Lord’s gift. www.biblegateway.com
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 Teach God’s Word diligently through the ordinary course of family life.
Teach God’s Word diligently through the ordinary course of family life. www.biblegateway.com
Colossians 3:23 Carry out his work heartily as service unto the Lord.
Carry out her work heartily as service unto the Lord. www.biblegateway.com
1 Corinthians 13:4–5 Practice patient, kind, humble love rather than self-seeking conduct.
Practice patient, kind, humble love rather than self-seeking conduct. www.biblegateway.com
1 Timothy 6:6 Cultivate godliness with contentment.
Cultivate godliness with contentment, including gratitude for faithful household provision. www.biblegateway.com
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