Bible Cross References
against
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we [are] brethren.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?"
Acts 7:26
"And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and [tried to] reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?'
1 Corinthians 6:5-8
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I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?
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But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
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Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather [let yourselves] be cheated?
8
No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and [you do] these things [to your] brethren!
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all [of you be] of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, [be] tenderhearted, [be] courteous;
1 John 3:11-13
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For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
12
not as Cain [who] was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.
13
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
return
2 Chronicles 10:16
Now when all Israel [saw] that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: "What share have we in David? [We have] no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, O David!" So all Israel departed to their tents.
1 Kings 22:36
Then, as the sun was going down, a shout went throughout the army, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his own country!"
for this thing
2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn [of events] was from God, that the LORD might fulfill His word, which He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Genesis 50:20
"But as for you, you meant evil against me; [but] God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as [it is] this day, to save many people alive.
1 Kings 11:29-38
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Now it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way; and he had clothed himself with a new garment, and the two [were] alone in the field.
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Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that [was] on him, and tore it [into] twelve pieces.
31
And he said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you
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'(but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
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'because they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do [what is] right in My eyes and [keep] My statutes and My judgments, as [did] his father David.
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'However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes.
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'But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and give it to you -- ten tribes.
36
'And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
37
'So I will take you, and you shall reign over all your heart desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
38
'Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do [what is] right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations.
Hosea 8:4
"They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge [them.] From their silver and gold They made idols for themselves -- That they might be cut off.
they obeyed
2 Chronicles 25:7-10
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But a man of God came to him, saying, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD [is] not with Israel -- [not with] any of the children of Ephraim.
8
"But if you go, be gone! Be strong in battle! [Even so,] God shall make you fall before the enemy; for God has power to help and to overthrow."
9
Then Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what [shall we] do about the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?" And the man of God answered, "The LORD is able to give you much more than this."
10
So Amaziah discharged the troops that had come to him from Ephraim, to go back home. Therefore their anger was greatly aroused against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
2 Chronicles 28:9-15
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But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: "Look, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage [that] reaches up to heaven.
10
"And now you propose to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to be your male and female slaves; [but are] you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
11
"Now hear me, therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive from your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the LORD [is] upon you."
12
Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,
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and said to them, "You shall not bring the captives here, for we [already] have offended the LORD. You intend to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Israel."
14
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the leaders and all the assembly.
15
Then the men who were designated by name rose up and took the captives, and from the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them and gave them sandals, gave them food and drink, and anointed them; and they let all the feeble ones ride on donkeys. So they brought them to their brethren at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.