Bible Verses About Brotherhood
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for brotherhood, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,931 votes, led by 1 John 4:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Brotherhood
1 John 4:20248 votes
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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Proverbs 17:17242 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
1 Peter 2:17179 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Ecclesiastes 4:10-12151 votes
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
John 13:35122 votes
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Hebrews 13:1110 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
Romans 12:1084 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
John 13:3468 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Philippians 2:266 votes
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Galatians 3:2863 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:2962 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Malachi 2:1057 votes
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Psalms 133:1-351 votes
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalms 133:134 votes
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1 Peter 2:927 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Peter 3:820 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Daniel 12:317 votes
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
John 15:1317 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
1 Peter 4:1717 votes
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Romans 8:916 votes
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
1 Peter 1:2216 votes
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 John 3:1615 votes
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Genesis 4:914 votes
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Proverbs 18:2414 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Psalms 127:313 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
What does the Bible say about brotherhood?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:20 on the subject of brotherhood. Across 1,931 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 17:17, 1 Peter 2:17, Ecclesiastes 4:10-12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.