Bible Verses About Sibling Relationships

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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.

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

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?

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.