70 Bible Verses about Brotherly Love

Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.

The stranger that sojourns with you shall be to you as the home-born among you, and thou shall love him as thyself, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. I am LORD your God.

Love ye therefore the sojourner, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown, lest LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two. Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.

Honor the father and mother, and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink?read more.
And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? And when did we see thee weak, or in prison, and came to thee?

For whoever may give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are of Christ, truly I say to you, he will, no, not lose his reward.

and thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise. And if ye love those who love you, what credit is for you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same.read more.
And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And having replied, Jesus said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he encountered bandits, who also, having stripped him and having beat him, departed having left him being half dead. And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.read more.
And likewise also a Levite who happened upon the place, having come, and having looked, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to him, and when he saw him, felt compassion. And having come, he wrapped up his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. And having set him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when departing, after taking out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatever thou might spend more, I will repay thee at my return. Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits? And he said, He who did mercy with him. Therefore Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other's feet. For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you ye also should do.

A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other. By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends.

These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.

For scarcely for a righteous man will some man die, indeed perhaps for the good man some man would even dare to die.

Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good, with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep, thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law. For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.

So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus,

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

Let not one man seek that of himself, but each man that of the other.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of heavenly agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.read more.
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up. It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil, does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth, covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.

And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.

Let all things of you be done in love.

But whether we are oppressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation, which works by endurance from the same sufferings that we also experience (and our hope for you is steadfast), or we are encouraged, it is for your encourage

as also ye did acknowledge us in part, because we are your boast, just as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Let us not become conceited, provoking each other, envying each other.

And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted. Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ.

So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.

with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.

And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.

And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness,

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying about you, having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love toward all the sanctified,

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering, forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye, and above all these things, love, which is the bond of perfection.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,

But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

And let us examine each other for provocation of love and good works.

Let brotherly love abide. Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware. Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.

If ye indeed fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.

Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,

Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.

And finally, all be like-minded, sympathetic, brother-loving, compassionate, friendly, not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love.

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother. Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other. Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.read more.
Marvel not, my brothers, if the world hates you.

By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My Little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other. No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but what we had from the beginning, that we would love each other.