Genesis 13:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we `are' men -- brethren.

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  • 1 Cor 6:6-7 : 6 but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers! 7 Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 `On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
  • Gen 11:27-31 : 27 And these `are' births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; 28 and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife `is' Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife `is' Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. 31 And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
  • Gen 45:24 : 24 And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.'
  • Exod 2:13 : 13 And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, `Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?'
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 `Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.
  • Eph 4:2-3 : 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, 3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 All things do without murmurings and reasonings,
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of `my' writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Let brotherly love remain;
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- 18 and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now; 10 he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not; 11 and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.
  • 1 John 3:14-19 : 14 we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death. 15 Every one who is hating his brother -- a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining, 16 in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; 17 and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him? 18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth! 19 and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
  • 1 John 4:20-21 : 20 if any one may say -- `I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love? 21 and this `is' the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

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