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: they shall prosper that love thee.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis 45:24
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also 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 little child shall lead 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 children after them:
John 13:35
By this shall all men 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Ephesians 4:3
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Philippians 2:2
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth 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 herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Mark 3:25
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

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