Bible Verses about “loving your brother and sister”
The Bible contains 26 verses about loving your brother and sister across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.”
“But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.”
“But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?”
“In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;”
“If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”
“He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.”
“But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”
“He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.”
“My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.”
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
“leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”
“"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,”
“This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.”
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.”
“By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”
“because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.”
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.”
“and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.”
“A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.”
“And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,”
“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.”
“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.”
“Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;”
“This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.”
“He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.”