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Loving Your Brother And Sister

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1 John 4:20

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

1 John 4:19–5:4

We love, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:22

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

1 John 3:16–24

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:16

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Ephesians 4:32

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

1 John 4:21

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

Romans 12:10

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

John 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

1 John 2:9–11

He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:23–24

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, — read the full passage →

1 John 4:8

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Matthew 12:50

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

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

1 John 4:20–21

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Matthew 18:15

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

1 Peter 2:17

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Mark 3:35

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Genesis 12:13

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

1 John 3:17

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

1 Timothy 5:1–2

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

Luke 10:38–42

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Matthew 19:19

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Matthew 25:40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Romans 13:8–10

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Proverbs 18:24

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Romans 12:18

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

John 15:12–13

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

John 13:34–35

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

1 John 3:16–18

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

Hosea 2:1

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

Proverbs 7:4

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understandingthy kinswoman:

Psalms 133:1

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that ye do be done in love.

John 15:17

These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

Psalms 23:1–6

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:9–10

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Philippians 4:1

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Ezekiel 44:25

And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

1 John 5:14–21

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

1 John 2:7

Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

James 2:15–17

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Luke 14:26

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Job 42:11

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

1 Chronicles 2:16

and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

Genesis 20:5

Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

Matthew 18:15–17

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;

Philippians 2:2

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

Matthew 18:6

but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

Matthew 4:18

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

Leviticus 20:17

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

1 Corinthians 10:24

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Matthew 22:37–40

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:29

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Matthew 13:55–56

Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

Genesis 4:9

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Hebrews 10:24

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

Romans 12:15–16

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:46–50

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. — read the full passage →

Philemon 1:7

For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Romans 13:10

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

John 17:22–23

And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:1–6

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

1 John 5:1–13

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Mark 1:1–45

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

Matthew 28:19–20

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 13:20

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but now hold thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; take not this thing to heart. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Hebrews 13:1

Let love of the brethren continue.

Ephesians 4:13

till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Acts 11:29

And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa:

Mark 3:31

And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him.

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