From Nave’s Topical Bible
Brother
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 37Passages listed
- 20Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Signifies
- a relativeGenesis 14:16Genesis 29:12
- a neighborDeuteronomy 23:7Judges 21:6Nehemiah 5:7
- any IsraeliteJeremiah 34:9Obadiah 1:10
- mankindGenesis 9:5Matthew 18:351 John 3:15
- a companion2 Samuel 1:261 Kings 13:301 Kings 20:33
- Love of So 8:1Proverbs 17:17Proverbs 18:24
- UnfaithfulProverbs 27:10
- Reuben's love for JosephGenesis 37:21Genesis 37:22
- Joseph's, for his brethrenGenesis 43:30–34Genesis 45:1–5Genesis 50:19–25
- A fraternal epithet, especially among Christians
- Instituted by ChristMatthew 12:50Matthew 25:40Hebrews 2:11Hebrews 2:12
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- Used by disciplesActs 9:17Acts 21:20Romans 16:231 Corinthians 7:122 Corinthians 2:13
- by Peter1 Peter 1:22
- Used among the IsraelitesLeviticus 19:17Deuteronomy 22:1–4
- Brother's widow
- Law concerning Levirate marriage ofDeuteronomy 25:5–10Matthew 22:24Mark 12:19Luke 20:28
The passages, in Bible order (37)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 9:5
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Commentary on Genesis 9:52 voices
Indeed, I will require your blood, and the blood of your souls from all beasts, and from the hand of man (Gen. IX, 5). He compared it to bestial malice, or rather even accumulated the wickedness of man beyond the ferocity of beasts, by saying: From the hand of the brother of man. Indeed, beasts have nothing in common with us in nature, and they are not bound by any brotherly right. If they harm humans, they harm them as strangers.
Ambrose of Milan· On Noah and the Ark, 26.94, 397Patristic
And He changed the food of men, giving them leave to eat flesh: for from Adam the first-formed until the Flood men ate only of seeds and the fruit of trees, and to eat flesh was not permitted to them.
Irenaeus· The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Section 22, 202Patristic
- Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.
Commentary on Genesis 14:161 voice
"Abraham also recovered the goods." … This certainly does not refer to patrimony but to the vital goods of the soul, where the truly valuable riches—not straw, not hay—are to be found, where there is a reliable splendor of eloquence that contains the substance of our hope. These are indeed our true goods, that is, wisdom that abounds in riches; these are the goods that do not perish. Bodily enjoyment and the use of external goods, on the other hand, are of short, not of long, duration.
Ambrose of Milan· On Abraham, 397Patristic
- Genesis 29:12
He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
Commentary on Genesis 29:121 voice
And Jacob told Rachel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 37:21
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
Commentary on Genesis 37:212 voices
Indeed, Reuben and Judah observed the holy bonds of brotherhood and desired to free Joseph from their hands. Judah receives the preference by his father's blessing, and rightly so, when it is said to him, "The sons of your father shall bow down to you. A lion's whelp is Judah, and he is the expectation of nations."
Ambrose of Milan· On Joseph the Patriarch, 397Patristic
Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.
Clement of Rome· Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapters 3-4, 99Patristic
- Genesis 37:22
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
Commentary on Genesis 37:222 voices
And Reuben said unto them, shed no blood,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.
Clement of Rome· Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapters 3-4, 99Patristic
- Genesis 43:30–34
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Commentary on Genesis 43:30–341 voice
And Joseph made haste,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 45:1–5
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
Commentary on Genesis 45:1–51 voice
Then Joseph could not refrain himself,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 50:19–25
But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
Commentary on Genesis 50:19–251 voice
And Joseph said unto them, fear not,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 19:17
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
Commentary on Leviticus 19:171 voice
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 22:1–4
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:1–41 voice
Scripture teaches us by means of natural fellowship to treat the object found as a trust and not to hold hatred of an enemy.
Clement of Alexandria· The Stromata Book 2, 215Patristic
- Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:71 voice
At any rate [Scripture] says openly, "You shall not loathe Egyptians, since you lived as strangers in Egypt." By Egyptian it means "Gentile," in fact anyone from anywhere in the world. It is further forbidden to think of enemies as enemies, even if they are presently besieging your walls in the effort to capture your city, until you have sent them an envoy to invite them to peace.
Clement of Alexandria· The Stromata Book 2, 215Patristic
- Deuteronomy 25:5–10
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:5–101 voice
If brethren dwell together,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 21:6
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
Commentary on Judges 21:61 voice
They had warred rightly against the authors of the crime because of the cost of the sin, but the people had turned unhappily against their own flesh and each was afflicted with civil war. The outpouring of tears moved their minds to compassion and stirred their feelings; the plan conceived in anger was gone.
Ambrose of Milan· LETTER 33, 397Patristic
- 2 Samuel 1:26
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- 1 Kings 13:30
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
Commentary on 1 Kings 13:301 voice
And he laid his carcass in his own grave,.... Which he had prepared for himself; for, as he came from Samaria, it could not be the sepulchre of his fathers; and this was showing all the respect, and doing all the honour to him, he well could: and they mourned over him; the prophet and his sons: saying, alas, my brother; which was an usual form of lamentation at funerals in later times, see Jer 22:18.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 20:33
Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
Commentary on 1 Kings 20:331 voice
Now the men did diligently observe whether anything would come from him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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