Bible Verses About Loving Your Brother and Sister
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loving your brother and sister, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,212 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 Loving Your Brother and Sister
1 John 4:20350 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?
1 John 4:19-5:4267 votes
We love him, because he first loved us.
Matthew 5:22196 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.
1 John 3:16-24151 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.
1 John 3:16128 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.
Ephesians 4:32125 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
1 John 4:21116 votes
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Romans 12:10109 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Proverbs 15:589 votes
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
John 13:3488 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 John 2:9-1181 votes
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Matthew 5:23-2472 votes
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
1 John 4:866 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 Peter 4:864 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Matthew 12:5059 votes
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Leviticus 19:1758 votes
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
1 Peter 3:858 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 John 4:20-2153 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?
Matthew 18:1551 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 2:1751 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Leviticus 19:1847 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Genesis 12:1344 votes
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Mark 3:3544 votes
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Proverbs 17:1743 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
1 John 3:1741 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
What does the Bible say about loving your brother and sister?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:20 on the subject of loving your brother and sister. Across 4,212 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 4:19-5:4, Matthew 5:22, 1 John 3:16-24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.