Bible Cross References
brother
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who breathes lies, and he who spreads strife among brothers.
Genesis 4:5-8
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but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. And Cain's anger burned greatly, and his countenance fell.
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So Jehovah said to Cain, Why does your anger burn? And why has your countenance fallen?
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If you do well, is there not exaltation? And if you do not do well, sin is lying at the door. And its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.
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Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
Genesis 27:41-45
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And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.
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And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and summoned Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.
43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban, to Haran.
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And stay with him some days, until your brother's fury turns away,
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until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also 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 he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.
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And Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.
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For he thought, If Esau comes to the one company and strikes it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
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And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who said to me, Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you:
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I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the faithfulness which You have done for Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.
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Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers to the children.
Genesis 37:3-5
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a tunic reaching to the soles of his feet.
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But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
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And Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
Genesis 37:11-5
Genesis 37:18-27
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Now when they saw him from a distance, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
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And they said to one another, Behold, this master of dreams is coming!
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Come now therefore, let us kill him and cast him into a pit; and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams!
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But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, Let us not smite his soul.
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And Reuben said to them, Do not shed blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
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So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic reaching to the soles of his feet.
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And they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
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And they sat down to eat food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, going and bringing them down to Egypt.
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And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
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Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers agreed.
2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon! then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.
1 Kings 2:23-25
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And King Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own soul!
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Now therefore, as Jehovah lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a house for me, as He has promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day!
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So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.
1 Kings 12:16
And when all Israel saw that the king had not heeded them, the people answered the king, saying: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David! And Israel departed to their tents.
2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; and five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain.
Acts 15:39
And the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;
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Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.