Bible Verses About Brothers
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for brothers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,881 votes, led by Proverbs 17:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Brothers
Proverbs 17:17229 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Psalms 133:1162 votes
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1 John 3:15151 votes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Hebrews 13:1143 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
1 John 4:20142 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 18:24134 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Matthew 18:15-2088 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
1 Peter 1:2285 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:
Hebrews 2:1173 votes
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Matthew 18:3561 votes
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
1 Timothy 5:860 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
2 Samuel 1:2657 votes
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.
Matthew 12:5056 votes
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 25:4055 votes
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
John 13:34-3552 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Proverbs 27:1046 votes
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Romans 12:1041 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
1 Peter 3:838 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Matthew 5:2236 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Leviticus 19:1735 votes
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
James 1:1933 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Jeremiah 34:932 votes
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Hebrews 13:1-230 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
Philippians 4:828 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
2 Thessalonians 1:327 votes
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
What does the Bible say about brothers?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:17 on the subject of brothers. Across 2,881 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 133:1, 1 John 3:15, Hebrews 13:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.