Verse 8

Abram said to Lot,“Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:6-7 : 6 Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers? 7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers truly live in unity!
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying,‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
  • Gen 11:27-31 : 27 The Record of Terah This is the account of Terah.Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children. 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.
  • Gen 45:24 : 24 Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them,“As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.”
  • Exod 2:13 : 13 When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong,“Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?”
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
  • Eph 4:2-3 : 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love, 3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness. 10 The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 3:14-19 : 14 We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 God is Love Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
  • 1 John 4:20-21 : 20 If anyone says“I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.