Bible Cross References
brother
Proverbs 6:19
An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brothers.
Genesis 4:5-8
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but Cain and his sacrifices He regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.
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And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you downcast, and why has your countenance fallen?
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Have you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? Be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him.
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And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain. And it came to pass, that when they were in the plain, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
Genesis 27:41-45
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And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob.
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And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau your brother threatens you, to kill you.
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Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother, into Haran.
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And dwell with him certain days, until your brother's anger
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and rage toward you departs, and he forget what you have done to him; and I will send and bring you from there, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.
Genesis 32:6-11
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold, he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
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And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
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And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
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And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, You are He that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.
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Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which You have wrought with Your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
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Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and attack me, and the mother with the children.
Genesis 37:3-5
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And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of his old age; and he made for him a coat of many colors.
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And his brothers, seeing that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers.
Genesis 37:11-5
Genesis 37:18-27
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And they spied him from a distance before he came near them, and they wickedly took counsel to kill him.
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And each said to his brother, Look, here comes that dreamer!
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Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.
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And Reuben, having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.
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And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hand upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.
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And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his many-colored coat that was upon him.
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And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.
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And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ishmaelite travelers came from Gilead, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
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And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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Come, let us sell him to these Ishmaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brothers listened.
2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom spoke not to Amnon, [neither] good or bad, because Absalom hated Amnon, on account of his humbling of his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Take notice when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.
1 Kings 2:23-25
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And King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, [if it be not] that Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.
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And now [as] the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and He has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.
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So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he killed him, and Adonijah died in that day.
1 Kings 12:16
And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Depart, O Israel, to your tents; now feed your own house, David.
2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.
Acts 15:39
Therefore a sharp disagreement arose so that they were separated from one another. And Barnabas, taking along Mark, sailed to Cyprus.
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Proverbs 16:32
A man slow to anger is better than a strong man, and he that governs [his] temper better than he that takes a city.