50 Bible Verses about Siblings

But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses: and the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

For even his brothers had no belief in him.

For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

And a man will be hated by those of his house.

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.