50 Bible Verses about Siblings

And he answering said to him who spake to him, 'Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'

and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'

and he answering said unto them, 'My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

'And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

and he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

And Amram taketh Jochebed his aunt to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram are a hundred and thirty and seven years.

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

for not even were his brethren believing in him.

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

'And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they -- they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.

and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

and this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

'And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.

Is not this the carpenter, 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 being stumbled at him.

When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,

his brethren, therefore, said unto him, 'Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

if any one may say -- 'I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love?

and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

Say ye to your brethren -- Ammi, And to your sisters -- Ruhamah.

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

And Judah saith to Onan, 'Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, 'Be not angry in the way.'

And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,

Then Peter having come near to him, said, 'Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?'

not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, 'Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'