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30 Bible Verses About Sisterly Love

  1. Ruth 1:16 (NIV)

    “But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.’

  2. Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)

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

  3. 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.”

  4. Proverbs 27:9 (NIV)

    “Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.”

  5. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV)

    “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.”

  6. Galatians 6:2 (NIV)

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

  7. 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.”

  8. Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)

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

  9. Romans 12:10 (NIV)

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

  10. 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.”

  11. John 15:13 (NIV)

    “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

  12. Colossians 3:14 (NIV)

    “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

  13. Proverbs 18:24 (NIV)

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

  14. 1 John 4:21 (NIV)

    “And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”

  15. Romans 12:15 (NIV)

    “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”

  16. 1 Peter 3:8 (NIV)

    “Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.”

  17. 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.”

  18. James 1:16-17 (NIV)

    “Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

  19. Proverbs 27:6 (NIV)

    “Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”

  20. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)

    “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

  21. 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.”

  22. John 13:34-35 (NIV)

    “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

  23. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)

    “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

  24. Ephesians 4:2-3 (NIV)

    “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

  25. Romans 15:1-2 (NIV)

    “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”

  26. Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)

    “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

  27. 1 John 4:11 (NIV)

    “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

  28. 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.”

  29. 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)

    “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

  30. 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.”