Genesis 13:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • 1 Cor 6:6-7 : 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 And the next day he shewed himself 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 [Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour 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 But 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 when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove 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 grievous words stir up anger.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 ¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 ¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.›
  • Eph 4:2-3 : 2 ¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 ¶ Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 ¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 ¶ Let brotherly love continue.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 ¶ Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 3:14-19 : 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. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 ¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born 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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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