50 Bible Verses about Siblings

To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"

What's more, she is indeed my sister, my father's daughter, but not my mother's daughter. She became my wife.

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was 137 years.)

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

"Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

So Jesus' brothers advised him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

The Beloved's Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them.

If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

and a man's enemies will be the members of his household.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Then Judah said to Onan, "Have sexual relations with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother."

Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, "As you travel don't be overcome with fear."

Then someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."