Bible Verses About Loving Your Siblings

“And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.”

“Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.”

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

“This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

“Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.”

“Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

“A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!”

“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.”

“As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things. But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”

“It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.”

“Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.”

“Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.”

“We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.”

“Do everything in love.”

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

“This is My command to you: Love one another.”

“Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.”

“Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

“Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.”

“A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.”

“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.”

“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

“For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.”

“Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.”

“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.”

“Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.”

“If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”

“If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?”

“If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.”

“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”

“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”

“Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.”

“By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.”

“And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.”

“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.”