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30 Bible Verses About Siblings Love

  1. enesis 4:9:

    “Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ ‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’”

  2. Genesis 13:8:

    “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.’”

  3. Genesis 37:4:

    “When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.”

  4. Genesis 45:24:

    “Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, ‘Don’t quarrel on the way!’”

  5. Genesis 50:15:

    “When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?’”

  6. Exodus 2:11:

    “One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.”

  7. Ruth 1:14:

    “At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.”

  8. 1 Samuel 20:17:

    “And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.”

  9. 1 Samuel 20:41:

    “After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.”

  10. 2 Samuel 1:26:

    “I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.”

  11. Psalm 133:1:

    “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”

  12. Proverbs 17:17:

    “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”

  13. Proverbs 18:24:

    “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

  14. Proverbs 27:10:

    “Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.”

  15. Proverbs 27:17:

    “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

  16. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10:

    “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”

  17. Matthew 12:48-50:

    “He replied to him, ‘Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?’ Pointing to his disciples, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’”

  18. Mark 3:35:

    “Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

  19. John 19:26-27:

    “When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, ‘Woman, here is your son,’ and to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.”

  20. Acts 7:23:

    “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.”

  21. Acts 7:26:

    “The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’”

  22. Romans 12:10:

    “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

  23. 1 Corinthians 1:10:

    “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.”

  24. Galatians 5:13:

    “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.”

  25. Galatians 6:2:

    “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

  26. Ephesians 4:32:

    “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

  27. Colossians 3:13:

    “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

  28. 1 Thessalonians 4:9:

    “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.”

  29. 1 Peter 1:22:

    “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.”

  30. 1 John 3:16:

    “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.”