Verse 8

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:6-7 : 6 but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents; of David]. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
  • Gen 11:27-31 : 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
  • Gen 45:24 : 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
  • Exod 2:13 : 13 And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.
  • Eph 4:2-3 : 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Let love of the brethren continue.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 3:14-19 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
  • 1 John 4:20-21 : 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. 21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.