the family that prays together stays together

the family that prays together stays together

proverb Praying or engaging in other religious practices together as a group keeps a family unified (by helping it to avoid dysfunction, etc.). When I was growing up, my whole family always had to go to church together. My parents would say, "The family that prays together stays together."
See also: family, pray, stay, that, together
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

family that prays together stays together

Prov. Families who practice religion together will not break apart through divorce or estrangement. Mother believed that the family that prays together stays together and insisted that we all say prayers every night.
See also: family, pray, stay, that, together
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • family that prays together stays together
  • (all) in the family
  • in the family
  • family
  • in the family way
  • in a family way
  • in a/the family way
  • damily
  • the whole fam damily
  • whole fam damily
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