50 Bible Verses about Siblings

He answered and said to him that told him, "Who is my mother? Or who are my brethren?"

yet in very deed she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not of my mother: and became my wife.

For whosoever doeth the will of God, he is my brother, my sister and mother."

He answered, and said unto them, "My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it."

There were with us seven brethren, and the first married and deceased without issue, and left his wife unto his brother.

{A song of the stairs} Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!

He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.

And then came his mother and his brethren, and stood without, and sent unto him and called him:

"If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

And he said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, there is no man that leaveth house: other father and mother, other brethren, or wife, or children: for the kingdom of God's sake,

And Amram took Jochebed his niece to wife which bare him Aaron and Moses. And Amram lived a hundred and thirty seven years.

And whosoever forsaketh houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake; the same shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without the doors, desiring to speak with him.

For as yet his brethren believed not in him.

For whosoever doth my father's will which is in heaven, the same is my brother, my sister, and my mother."

Yea, and ye shall be betrayed of your fathers and mothers, and of your brethren, and kinsmen, and lovers. And some of you shall they put to death.

For thy brethren and thy kindred have altogether despised thee, and cried out upon thee in thine absence. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.

And Abraham said of Sara his wife, that she was his sister. Then Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and fetched Sara away.

And this commandment have we of him: that he which loveth God, should love his brother also.

The brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall arise against their fathers, and mothers, and shall put them to death,

For I have five brethren: for to warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'

Thou shalt not unhele the privity of thy brother's wife, for that is thy brother's privity.

Is not this that carpenter: Mary's son, the brother of James, and Joseph and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by the reason of him.

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thine own son or thy daughter or the wife that lieth in thy bosom or thy friend which is as thine own soul unto thee, entice thee secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve strange gods which thou hast not known nor yet thy fathers,

His brethren therefore said unto him, "Get thee hence and go into Jewry that thy disciples may see thy works that thou doest.

And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they said, "He is too fervent."

Finally, brethren, fare ye well: be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace, shall be with you.

Our sister is but young, and hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister when she shall be spoken for?

Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law: but and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge.

But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,

Thou shalt not uncover the privities of thy sister, the daughter of thy father or of thy mother: whether she be born at home or without.

If a man say, "I love God," and yet hate his brother, he is a liar. For how can he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, love God whom he hath not seen?

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children.

"'Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, whether she be the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Moreover, Joseph dreamed a dream and told it his brethren: wherefore they hated him yet the more.

Hereby are we assured of love: because he left his life for us: And therefore we ought also to give our lives for our brethren.

Tell your brethren, that they are my people; and your sistren, that they have obtained mercy.

A friend that delighteth in love, doth a man more friendship, and sticketh faster unto him than a brother.

Then said Judah unto Onan, go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, and stir up seed unto thy brother.

So sent he his brethren away, and they departed. And he said unto them, "See that ye fall not out by the way."

One of the company said unto him, "Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me."

Brethren if any of you err from the truth, and another convert him,

Then came Peter to him, and said, "Master, how oft shall I forgive my brother, if he sin against me? Shall I forgive him seven times?"

and not be as Cain, which was of the devil and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? For his own deeds were evil, and his brother's righteous.

And when they saw him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel against him, for to slay him,

There were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, see thou forsake not; but go not into thy brother's house in time of thy trouble. Better is a friend at hand than a brother far off.

And Martha was cumbered about much serving, and stood and said, "Master, dost thou not care, that my sister hath left me to minister alone? Bid her therefore, that she help me."