- Genesis 13:8 (NIV):
“So Abram said to Lot, ‘Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.’ “
- 1 Samuel 18:1 (NIV):
“After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.”
- Proverbs 17:17 (NIV):
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
- Proverbs 18:24 (NIV):
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NIV):
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.”
- Hebrews 13:1-2 (NIV):
“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”
- 1 John 4:20-21 (NIV):
“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”
- Psalm 133:1 (NIV):
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
- Matthew 18:15 (NIV):
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.”
- Romans 12:10 (NIV):
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
- Colossians 3:13 (NIV):
“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
- Ephesians 4:32 (NIV):
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
- Galatians 6:2 (NIV):
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV):
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
- James 5:16 (NIV):
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
- John 15:12-13 (NIV):
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
- Romans 15:7 (NIV):
“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”
- 1 Peter 1:22 (NIV):
“Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”
- 1 John 3:16 (NIV):
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”
- 1 John 3:17-18 (NIV):
“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
- 1 Peter 3:8 (NIV):
“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.”
- Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV):
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (NIV):
“Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.”
- 1 John 4:7 (NIV):
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
- Galatians 5:13 (NIV):
“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
- Hebrews 13:2 (NIV):
“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”
- 1 Corinthians 12:25-26 (NIV):
“so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.”
- Ephesians 4:2 (NIV):
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
- 1 Peter 2:17 (NIV):
“Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.”
- Philippians 2:2-3 (NIV):
“then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”