Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{A Song of degrees of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Bible References

How good

Psalm 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; those that love thee shall be brought into rest.
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my pastors and thine, for we are brethren.
Genesis 45:24
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed. And he said unto them, See that ye do not fight along the way.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Dost thou not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then before thou bid the people to return from following their brethren?
Isaiah 11:6
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a child shall shepherd them.
Jeremiah 32:39
and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever for the good of them and of their sons after them:
John 13:35
By this shall everyone know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 17:21
that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfect, joined together in the same understanding and in the same perception.
Ephesians 4:3
being diligent to guard the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Philippians 2:2
fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same charity, unanimous, minding the one thing.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
1 Peter 3:8
And finally, be ye all of one consent, of one affection, loving each other fraternally, merciful, courteous,
1 John 3:14
We know that we are passed from death unto life, in that we love the brethren. He that does not love his brother abides in death.

General references

Exodus 36:10
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted calf and hatred therewith.
Mark 3:25
And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot remain.