36 Bible Verses about Sibling Love

besides, 'tis a commandment we have receiv'd from him, that he who would love God, must love his brother also.

may our brethren have peace, social affection, and faith from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling.

Let brotherly love still reign.

for he that does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.

for the Lord's sake, brother, let me have this satisfaction: refresh my heart for his sake.

for your liberality, my brother, affected us with great joy and comfort, by your having refresh'd the bowels of the saints.

if a man says he loves God, and yet hates his brother, he is a lyar: for he that does not love his brother, who is before his eyes, how can he love God who is invisible?

and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.

this is the proof of the divine love, Christ expos'd his life for us: and we ought to expose our lives for the brethren.

but he answered them, my mother and brethren are these, who attend to the word of God, and practise it.

Finally, brethren, be cheerful: redress yourselves, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

My brethren, when any of you deviates from the truth, whoever sets him right, may be assured,

the elder women as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.

for whosoever shall do the will of my father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment,

Now in case such a brother do you an injury, go and expostulate with him in private: if he repents, thou hast saved thy brother.

now if your brother be endanger'd by your eating, you violate the obligations of love: for such a matter as eating, will you risk his life, for whom Christ died?

Don't, my brethren, treat one another with detraction. he that reflects upon his brother, and censures his brother, reflects upon the law, and censures the law: if you censure the law, instead of obeying it, you set up for a judge.

but I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be punish'd by the tribunal: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be punish'd by the Sanhedrim: but whosoever shall say, thou fool, shall be punish'd by the fire of Gehenna.

Jesus answer'd, I declare unto you, no one has ever quitted house or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, upon account of the gospel-dispensation,

Now while he was talking to the people, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him.

but Jesus answered the man that told him, who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

then the brother shall betray his brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against their parents, and be the instruments of their death.

but he that hates his brother, is in darkness, he walks in darkness, and knows not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

in the mean time, I conjure you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the spirit, that you join with me in earnest prayers to God for me;

however, don't treat him as an enemy, but reprove him as a brother.

but shall receive at present in this age, what will be a hundred times better to him, than houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, tho' with persecution: and in the age to come eternal life.

and every one that abandons his family, his brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake, shall receive in that age an hundred times the value, and shall inherit hereafter everlasting life.

he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness.

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

not as a slave, but in another quality, as a dear brother whom I particularly value, but much more should you, both as he is your servant, and as he is a christian.

of God. Be respectful to all, love your brethren, fear God, and honour the king.

whosoever hateth his brother, has the disposition of a murderer: and you know that no murderer has any title to eternal life.

take care of your conduct. if your brother offend you, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him.