Haller's Concordance: BRETHREN
- Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father's nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without. Gen. 9:22
- He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Gen. 9:25
- Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren. Gen. 13:8
- He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren. Gen. 16:12
- Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil. Gen. 19:7
- And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren. Gen. 25:18
- And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings. Gen. 27:29
- Isaac answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants: I have established him with corn and wine, and after this, what shall I do more for thee, my son? Gen. 27:37
- And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran. Gen. 29:4
- And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad. Gen. 31:23
- Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and when he, with his brethren, had overtaken him, he pitched his tent in the same mount of Galaad. Gen. 31:25
- But, whereas, thou chargest me with theft: with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols. Gen. 31:32
- And searched all my household stuff? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee. Gen. 31:37
- And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it. Gen. 31:46
- And after he had offered sacrifices in the mountain, he called his brethren to eat bread. And when they had eaten, they lodged there: Gen. 31:54
- Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight, and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give: Gen. 34:11
- And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime. Gen. 37:2
- And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. Gen. 37:4
- Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more. Gen. 37:5
- His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred. Gen. 37:8
- He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me. Gen. 37:9
- And when he had told this to his father, and brethren, his father rebuked him and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth? Gen. 37:10
- His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself. Gen. 37:11
- And when his brethren abode in Sechem, feeding their father's flocks, Gen. 37:12
- Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered: Gen. 37:13
- I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem: Gen. 37:14
- But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks. Gen. 37:16
- And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain. Gen. 37:17
- And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours: Gen. 37:23
- And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? Gen. 37:26
- It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words. Gen. 37:27
- And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear, and whither shall I go? Gen. 37:30
- ¤ At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named Hiras. Gen. 38:1
- Wherefore Juda said to Thamar his daughter-in-law: Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Sela my son grow up: for he was afraid lest he also might die, as his brethren did. She went her way, and dwelt in her father's house. Gen. 38:11
- So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt: Gen. 42:3
- Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey. Gen. 42:4
- And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him, Gen. 42:6
- And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them. Gen. 42:8
- But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living. Gen. 42:13
- If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways, and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses. Gen. 42:19
- And said to his brethren: My money is given me again; behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us? Gen. 42:28
- We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan. Gen. 42:32
- And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways, Gen. 42:33
- And when it was set on, for Joseph apart, and for his brethren apart, for the Egyptians also that ate with him apart, (for it is unlawful for the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews, and they think such a feast profane): Gen. 43:32
- And Juda at the head of his brethren went in to Joseph (for he was not yet gone out of the place) and they all together fell down before him on the ground. Gen. 44:14
- Therefore I, thy servant, will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren. Gen. 44:33
- And he said to his brethren: I am Joseph: Is my father yet living? His brethren could not answer him, being struck with exceeding great fear. Gen. 45:3
- And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept upon every one of them: after which they were emboldened to speak to him. Gen. 45:15
- And it was heard, and the fame was spread abroad in the king's court: The brethren of Joseph are come; and Pharao with all his family was glad. Gen. 45:16
- And he spoke to Joseph that he should give orders to his brethren, saying: Load your beasts, and go into the land of Chanaan, Gen. 45:17
- So he sent away his brethren, and at their departing said to them: Be not angry in the way. Gen. 45:24
- And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me: Gen. 46:31
- ¤ Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen. Gen. 47:1
- Five men also, the last of his brethren, he presented before the king: Gen. 47:2
- The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee. Gen. 47:5
- But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded. Gen. 47:11
- But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions. Gen. 48:6
- I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow. Gen. 48:22
- Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity waging war. Gen. 49:5
- Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee. Gen. 49:8
- The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come: may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren. Gen. 49:26
- And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen. Gen. 50:8
- And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father. Gen. 50:14
- Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him. Gen. 50:15
- That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept. Gen. 50:17
- And his brethren came to him; and worshipping prostrate on the ground, they said: We are thy servants. Gen. 50:18
- After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Gen. 50:24
- After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation, Ex. 1:6
- In those days, after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren: and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews, his brethren. Ex. 2:11
- Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him; I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in peace. Ex. 4:18
- And Moses called Misael and Elisaphan, the sons of Oziel, the uncle of Aaron, and said to them: Go and take away your brethren from before the sanctuary, and carry them without the camp. Lev. 10:4
- And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons: Uncover not your heads, and rend not your garments, lest perhaps you die, and indignation come upon all the congregation. Let your brethren, and all the house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled. Lev. 10:6
- The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments. Lev. 21:10
- And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might. Lev. 25:46
- After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him: Lev. 25:48
- And they shall every one fall upon their brethren as fleeing from wars: none of you shall dare to resist your enemies. Lev. 26:37
- And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge. Num. 8:26
- Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also, Num. 16:10
- And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father, and let them be ready in hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony. Num. 18:2
- I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle. Num. 18:6
- And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord. Num. 20:3
- And behold one of the children of Israel went in before his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the sight of Moses and of all the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle. Num. 25:6
- If he have no daughter, his brethren shall succeed him. Num. 27:9
- And if he have no brethren, you shall give the inheritance to his father's brethren. Num. 27:10
- And Moses answered them: What, shall your brethren go to fight, and will you sit here? Num. 32:6
- And command thou the people, saying: You shall pass by the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. Dt. 2:4
- And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of Moab. Dt. 2:8
- And I commanded you at that time, saying: The Lord your God giveth you this land for an inheritance, go ye well appointed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the strong men of you. Dt. 3:18
- Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given to you: and they also possess the land, which he will give them beyond the Jordan: then shall every man return to his possession, which I have given you. Dt. 3:20
- Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his possession, as the Lord thy God promised him. Dt. 10:9
- If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand, Dt. 15:7
- Thou shalt set him whom the Lord thy God shall choose out of the number of thy brethren. Thou mayst not make a man of another nation king, that is not thy brother. Dt. 17:15
- And that his heart be not lifted up with pride over his brethren, nor decline to the right or to the left, that he and his sons may reign a long time over Israel. Dt. 17:20
- And they shall receive nothing else of the possession of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them. Dt. 18:2
- He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord. Dt. 18:7
- The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a PROPHET of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou shalt hear: Dt. 18:15
- I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him. Dt. 18:18
- After these things are declared they shall add the rest, and shall speak to the people: What man is there that is fearful, and faint hearted? let him go, and return to his house, lest he make the hearts of his brethren to fear, as he himself is possessed with fear. Dt. 20:8
- When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother: Dt. 25:5
- Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant, Dt. 33:9
- And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren. Dt. 33:16
- To Aser also he said: Let Aser be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Dt. 33:24
- Your wives, and children; and cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them, Josu. 1:14
- Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them: and so you shall return into the land of your possession, and you shall dwell in it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun. Josu. 1:15
- That you will save my father and mother, my brethren and sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death. Josu. 2:13
- If, when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren, and all thy kindred into thy house. Josu. 2:18
- And the young men went in, and brought out Rahab, and her parents, her brethren also, and all her goods, and her kindred, and made them to stay without the camp. Josu. 6:23
- For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren: Josu. 14:3
- But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. Josu. 14:8
- And they came in the presence of Eleazar the priest and of Josue the son of Nun, and of the princes, saying: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that a possession should be given us in the midst of our brethren. And he gave them according to the commandment of the Lord a possession amongst the brethren of their father. Josu. 17:4
- Neither have you left your brethren this long time, until this present day, keeping the commandment of the Lord your God. Josu. 22:3
- Therefore as the Lord your God hath given your brethren rest and peace, as he promised: return, and go to your dwellings, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan: Josu. 22:4
- Now to half the tribe of Manasses, Moses had given a possession in Basan: and therefore to the half that remained, Josue gave a lot among the rest of their brethren beyond the Jordan to the west. And when he sent them away to their dwellings and had blessed them, Josu. 22:7
- He said to them: With much substance and riches, you return to your settlements, with silver and gold, brass and iron, and variety of raiment: divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren. Josu. 22:8
- Now Haber, the Cinite, had some time before departed from the rest of the Cinites, his brethren, the sons of Hobab, the kinsman of Moses: and had pitched his tents unto the valley, which is called Sennim, and was near Cedes. Judg. 4:11
- He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill you. Judg. 8:19
- ¤ And Abimelech, the son of Jerobaal, went to Sichem, to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother's father, saying: Judg. 9:1
- And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother: Judg. 9:3
- And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden. Judg. 9:5
- And Gaal, the son of Obed, came with his brethren, and went over to Sichem. And the inhabitants of Sichem, taking courage at his coming, Judg. 9:26
- And sent messengers privately to Abimelech, saying: Behold, Gaal, the son of Obed, is come into Sichem with his brethren, and endeavoureth to set the city against thee. Judg. 9:31
- And God repaid the evil that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren. Judg. 9:56
- And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes. Judg. 14:3
- And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol, in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years. Judg. 16:31
- And they returned to their brethren in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them what they had done: to whom they answered: Judg. 18:8
- The five men, that before had been sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their brethren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim, and a graven and a molten god: see what you are pleased to do. Judg. 18:14
- And the old man went out to them, and said: Do not so, my brethren, do not so wickedly: because this man is come into my lodging, and cease I pray you from this folly. Judg. 19:23
- Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel: Judg. 20:13
- Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle. Judg. 20:23
- And Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted the Lord, and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin, our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands. Judg. 20:28
- And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them: for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part. Judg. 21:22
- And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing. Ruth 4:10
- Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward: and Samuel rose up, and went to Ramatha. 1 Ki. 16:13
- And Isai said to David, his son: Take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren, 1 Ki. 17:17
- And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed. 1 Ki. 17:18
- And David leaving the vessels which he had brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the place of the battle, and asked if all things went well with his brethren. 1 Ki. 17:22
- And he said: Let me go, for there is a solemn sacrifice in the city, one of my brethren hath sent for me: and now if I have found favour in thy eyes, I will go quickly, and see my brethren. For this cause he came not to the king's table. 1 Ki. 20:29
- ¤ David therefore went from thence, and fled to the cave of Odollam. And when his brethren, and all his father's house, had heard of it, they went down to him thither. 1 Ki. 22:1
- And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast. 1 Ki. 25:6
- But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands: 1 Ki. 30:23
- And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren? 2 Ki. 2:26
- And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the people should have retired from pursuing after their brethren. 2 Ki. 2:27
- Why didst thou go in to my father's concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog's head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman? 2 Ki. 3:8
- Yesterday thou camest, and to day shalt thou be forced to go forth with us? but I shall go whither I am going: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, and the Lord will shew thee mercy, and truth, because thou hast shewn grace and fidelity. 2 Ki. 15:20
- You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king? 2 Ki. 19:12
- Therefore all the men of Israel running together to the king, said to him: Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and have brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him? 2 Ki. 19:41
- And Adonias having slain rams and calves, and all fat cattle, by the stone of Zoheleth, which was near the fountain Rogel, invited all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Juda, the king's servants: 3 Ki. 1:9
- Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren, the children of Israel: let every man return to his house, for this thing is from me. They hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from their journey, as the Lord had commanded them. 3 Ki. 12:24
- And when thou art come thither, thou shalt see Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi: and going in, thou shalt make him rise up from amongst his brethren, and carry him into an inner chamber. 4 Ki. 9:2
- He met with the brethren of Ochozias, king of Juda, and he said to them: Who are you? And they answered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen. 4 Ki. 10:13
- However, the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord, in Jerusalem: but only eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 4 Ki. 23:9
- And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow. 1 Par. 4:9
- The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda. 1 Par. 4:27
- But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.) 1 Par. 5:2
- And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias. 1 Par. 5:7
- And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven. 1 Par. 5:13
- And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house in their families, 1 Par. 5:15
- And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch, 1 Par. 6:44
- Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord. 1 Par. 6:48
- Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issachar, were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant men for war. 1 Par. 7:5
- And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 1 Par. 7:22
- And Macelloth begot Samaa: and they dwelt over against their brethren in Jerusalem with their brethren. 1 Par. 8:32
- And of the sons of Zara: Jehuel and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 1 Par. 9:6
- And their brethren by their families, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were heads of their families, by the houses of their fathers. 1 Par. 9:9
- And their brethren heads in their families a thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of God. 1 Par. 9:13
- But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord. 1 Par. 9:19
- And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time. 1 Par. 9:25
- And some of the sons of Caath their brethren, were over the loaves of proposition, to prepare always new for every sabbath. 1 Par. 9:32
- And Macelloth begot Samaan: these dwelt over against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren. 1 Par. 9:38
- Bending the bow, and using either hand in hurling stones with slings, and shooting arrows: of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin. 1 Par. 12:2
- And of the sons of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto a great part of them followed the house of Saul. 1 Par. 12:29
- And they were there with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. 1 Par. 12:39
- And he said to all the assembly of Israel: If it please you; and if the words which I speak come from the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of our brethren into all the countries of Israel, and to the priests, and the Levites, that dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to gather themselves to us, 1 Par. 13:2
- Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty. 1 Par. 15:5
- Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty. 1 Par. 15:6
- Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty. 1 Par. 15:7
- Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: and his brethren two hundred. 1 Par. 15:8
- Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief: and his brethren eighty. 1 Par. 15:9
- Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief: and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 1 Par. 15:10
- And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it: 1 Par. 15:12
- And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites, to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high. 1 Par. 15:16
- And they appointed Levites, Hemam the son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the son of Barachias: and of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Casaia. 1 Par. 15:17
- And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters. 1 Par. 15:18
- In that day David made Asaph the chief to give praise to the Lord with his brethren. 1 Par. 16:7
- So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses. 1 Par. 16:37
- And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters. 1 Par. 16:38
- And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in Gabaon. 1 Par. 16:39
- And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them. 1 Par. 23:22
- And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord. 1 Par. 23:32
- And they also cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Sadoc, and Ahimelech, and the princes of the priestly and Levitical families, both the elder and the younger. The lot divided all equally. 1 Par. 24:31
- And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight. 1 Par. 25:7
- And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:9
- The third to Zachur, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:10
- The fourth to Isari, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:11
- The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:12
- The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:13
- The seventh to Isreela, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:14
- The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:15
- The ninth to Mathanaias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:16
- The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:17
- The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:18
- The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:19
- The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:20
- The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:21
- The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:22
- The sixteenth to Hananias, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:23
- The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:24
- The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:25
- The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:26
- The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:27
- The one and twentieth to Othir, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:28
- The two and twentieth to Geddelthi, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:29
- The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:30
- The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer, to his sons and his brethren twelve. 1 Par. 25:31
- The sons then of Semeias were Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men: and Eliu, and Samachias. 1 Par. 26:7
- All these of the sons of Obededom: they, and their sons, and their brethren most able men for service, sixty-two of Obededom. 1 Par. 26:8
- And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen. 1 Par. 26:9
- Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen. 1 Par. 26:11
- Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord. 1 Par. 26:12
- The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord, 1 Par. 26:22
- His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son Rohobia, and his son Isaias, and his son Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son Selemith. 1 Par. 26:25
- Which Selemith and his brethren were over the treasures of the holy things, which king David, and the heads of families, and the captains over thousands and over hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated, 1 Par. 26:26
- And all these things that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Cis, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Sarvia had sanctified: and whosoever had sanctified those things, they were under the hand of Selemith and his brethren. 1 Par. 26:28
- And of the Hebronites Hasabias, and his brethren most able men, a thousand seven hundred had the charge over Israel beyond the Jordan westward, in all the works of the Lord, and for the service of the king. 1 Par. 26:30
- And his brethren of stronger age, two thousand seven hundred chiefs of families. And king David made them rulers over the Rubenites and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses, for all the service of God, and the king. 1 Par. 26:32
- And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest: and prepared all things for the building. 1 Par. 28:2
- Both the Levites and the singing men, that is, both they that were under Asaph, and they that were under Heman, and they that were under Idithun, with their sons, and their brethren, clothed with fine linen, sounded with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing on the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, sounding with trumpets. 2 Par. 5:12
- Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: let every man return to his own house, for by my will this thing has been done. And when they heard the word of the Lord, they returned, and did not go against Jeroboam, 2 Par. 11:4
- But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king, 2 Par. 11:22
- Every cause that shall come to you of your brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kindred and kindred, wheresoever there is question concerning the law, the commandment, the ceremonies, the justifications: shew it them, that they may not sin against the Lord, and that wrath may not come upon you and your brethren: and so doing you shall not sin. 2 Par. 19:10
- And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda. 2 Par. 21:2
- So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel. 2 Par. 21:4
- But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself, 2 Par. 21:13
- So when Jehu was rooting out the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons of the brethren of Ochozias, who served him, and he slew them. 2 Par. 22:8
- And the children of Israel carried away of their brethren two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and an immense booty: and they brought it to Samaria. 2 Par. 28:8
- But hear ye my counsel, and release the captives that you have brought of your brethren, because a great indignation of the Lord hangeth over you. 2 Par. 28:11
- And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives, and with the spoils clothed all them that were naked: and when they had clothed and shod them, and refreshed them with meat and drink, and anointed them because of their labour, and had taken care of them, they set such of them as could not walk, and were feeble, upon beasts, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm trees to their brethren, and they returned to Samaria. 2 Par. 28:15
- And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of the Lord, to purify the house of God. 2 Par. 29:15
- But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. 2 Par. 29:34
- Be not like your fathers, and brethren, who departed from the Lord the God of their fathers, and he hath given them up to destruction, as you see. 2 Par. 30:7
- For if you turn again to the Lord, your brethren, and children shall find mercy before their masters, that have led them away captive, and they shall return into this land: for the Lord your God is merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him. 2 Par. 30:9
- And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jesue, and Semeias, and Amarias, and Sechenias, in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully portions to their brethren, both little and great: 2 Par. 31:15
- And being sanctified kill the phase, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the words which the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses. 2 Par. 35:6
- And Chonenias, and Semeias and Nathanael, his brethren, and Hasabias, and Jehiel, and Jozabad princes of the Levites, gave to the rest of the Levites to celebrate the phase five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 2 Par. 35:9
- And the singers the sons of Asaph stood in their order, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Idithun, the prophets of the king: and the porters kept guard at every gate, so as not to depart one moment from their service, and therefore their brethren the Levites prepared meats for them. 2 Par. 35:15
- And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel that they might offer holocausts upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 1 Esd. 3:2
- And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord. 1 Esd. 3:8
- Then Josue and his sons and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda, as one man, stood to hasten them that did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brethren the Levites. 1 Esd. 3:9
- For all the priests and the Levites were purified as one man: all were clean to kill the phase for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and themselves. 1 Esd. 6:20
- And if it seem good to thee, and to thy brethren to do any thing with the rest of the silver and gold, do it according to the will of your God. 1 Esd. 7:18
- And I sent them to Eddo, who is chief in the place of Chasphia, and I put in their mouth the words that they should speak to Eddo, and his brethren the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia, that they should bring us ministers of the house of our God. 1 Esd. 8:17
- And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sarabias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen, 1 Esd. 8:18
- And Hasabias, and with him Isaias of the sons of Merari, and his brethren, and his sons twenty. 1 Esd. 8:19
- And I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias, and with them ten of their brethren, 1 Esd. 8:24
- And there were found among the sons of the priests that had taken strange wives: Of the sons of Josue the son of Josedec, and his brethren, Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia. 1 Esd. 10:18
- That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda; and I asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 2 Esd. 1:2
- ¤ Then Eliasib the high priest arose, and his brethren the priests, and they built the flock gate: they sanctified it, and set up the doors thereof, even unto the tower of a hundred cubits they sanctified it unto the tower of Hananeel. 2 Esd. 3:1
- After him built their brethren Bavai the son of Enadad, lord of half Ceila. 2 Esd. 3:18
- And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt? 2 Esd. 4:2
- And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses. 2 Esd. 4:14
- Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed. 2 Esd. 4:23
- ¤ Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 Esd. 5:1
- And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess. 2 Esd. 5:5
- And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them, 2 Esd. 5:7
- And I said to them: We, as you know, have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles: and will you then sell your brethren, for us to redeem them? And they held their peace, and found not what to answer. 2 Esd. 5:8
- Both I and my brethren, and my servants, have lent money and corn to many: let us all agree not to call for it again; let us forgive the debt that is owing to us. 2 Esd. 5:10
- And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors. 2 Esd. 5:14
- And their brethren, Sebenia, Oduia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan, 2 Esd. 10:10
- All that could understand, promising for their brethren, with their chief men, and they came to promise, and swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies. 2 Esd. 10:29
- And their brethren that do the works of the temple: eight hundred twenty-two. And Adaia the son of Jeroham, the son of Phelelia, the son of Amsi, the son of Zacharias, the son of Pheshur, the son of Melchias, 2 Esd. 11:12
- And his brethren the chiefs of the fathers: two hundred forty-two. And Amassai the son of Azreel, the son of Ahazi, the son of Mosollamoth, the son of Emmer, 2 Esd. 11:13
- And their brethren who were very mighty, a hundred twenty-eight: and their ruler Zabdiel son of the mighty. 2 Esd. 11:14
- And Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zebedei, the son of Asaph, was the principal man to praise, and to give glory in prayer, and Becbecia, the second, one of his brethren, and Abda the son of Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idithun. 2 Esd. 11:17
- And the porters, Accub, Telmon, and their brethren, who kept the doors: a hundred seventy-two. 2 Esd. 11:19
- Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren in the days of Josue. 2 Esd. 12:7
- And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns: 2 Esd. 12:8
- And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his office. 2 Esd. 12:9
- Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order. 2 Esd. 12:24
- And his brethren Semeia, and Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, and Judas, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God: and Esdras the scribe before them at the fountain gate. 2 Esd. 12:36
- And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and to them were committed the portions of their brethren. 2 Esd. 13:13
- But every day gave all he could get to his brethren his fellow captives, that were of his kindred. Tob. 1:3
- And when he had spoken these words, he said: Whence are ye young men our brethren? Tob. 7:3
- The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it. Tob. 14:6
- Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord. Jud. 7:23
- And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly. Jud. 8:21
- ¤ And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls. Jud. 14:1
- And how Mardochai of the race of the Jews, was next after king Assuerus: and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking those things which were for the welfare of his seed. Esther 10:3
- My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. Job 6:15
- He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me. Job 19:13
- For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Job 22:6
- And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold. Job 42:11
- And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. Job 42:15
- I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee. Ps. 22:22
- I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother. Ps. 69:8
- For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee. Ps. 122:8
- ¤ Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity: Ps. 133:1
- A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren. Pr. 6:19
- A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren. Pr. 17:2
- The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing. Pr. 19:7
- In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes. Sir. 10:24
- The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together. Sir. 25:2
- Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they. Sir. 40:24
- Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay of the people: Sir. 49:17
- And when he took the portions out of the hands of the priests, he himself stood by the altar. And about him was the ring of his brethren: and as the cedar planted in mount Libanus, Sir. 50:13
- Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, have said: Let the Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy: but they shall be confounded. Isa. 66:5
- And they shall bring all your brethren out of all nations for a gift to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and in coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as if the children of Israel should bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. Isa. 66:20
- And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim. Jer. 7:15
- For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee. Jer. 12:6
- For thus saith the Lord to the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and to all the people that dwell in this city, to your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity. Jer. 29:16
- That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free: and that they should not lord it over them, to wit, over the Jews their brethren. Jer. 34:9
- And I took Jezonias the son of Jeremias the son of Habsanias, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites. Jer. 35:3
- But ten men were found among them, that said to Ismahel: Kill us not: for we have stores in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. And he forbore, and slew them not with their brethren. Jer. 41:8
- But I have made Esau bare, I have revealed his secrets, and he cannot be hid: his seed is laid waste, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he shall not be. Jer. 49:10
- Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, thy kinsmen, and all the house of Israel, all they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said: Get ye far from the Lord, the land is given in possession to us. Ezec. 11:15
- ¤ Say ye to your brethren: You are my people: and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy. Osee 2:1
- Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four I will not convert it: because they have shut up an entire captivity in Edom, and have not remembered the covenant of brethren. Amso 1:9
- Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel. Mic. 5:3
- And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren. 1 Ma. 2:17
- I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers. 1 Ma. 2:20
- And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications, they will now quickly root us out of the earth. 1 Ma. 2:40
- And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places. 1 Ma. 2:41
- And all his brethren helped him, and all they that had joined themselves to his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel. 1 Ma. 3:2
- And the fear of Judas, and of his brethren, and the dread of them, fell upon all the nations round about them. 1 Ma. 3:25
- And Judas, and his brethren, saw that evils were multiplied, and that the armies approached to their borders: and they knew the orders the king had given to destroy the people, and utterly abolish them. 1 Ma. 3:42
- Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places, and to repair them. 1 Ma. 4:36
- And Judas, and his brethren, and all the church of Israel decreed, that the day of the dedication of the altar should be kept in its season from year to year for eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, with joy and gladness. 1 Ma. 4:59
- And they sent letters to Judas, and his brethren, saying: The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us to destroy us: 1 Ma. 5:10
- And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men. 1 Ma. 5:13
- Now when Judas and all the people heard these words, a great assembly met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them. 1 Ma. 5:16
- And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go into the country of Galaad: 1 Ma. 5:17
- And the Nabutheans met them, and received them in a peaceable manner, and told them all that happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad, 1 Ma. 5:25
- And he said to his host: Fight ye today for your brethren. 1 Ma. 5:32
- Because they did not hearken to Judas and his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully. 1 Ma. 5:61
- Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children of Esau, in the land towards the south, and he took Chebron and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof, and the towers all round it. 1 Ma. 5:65
- And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren? 1 Ma. 6:22
- And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land. 1 Ma. 7:6
- And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda: and they sent messengers, and spoke to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words, deceitfully. 1 Ma. 7:10
- And Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army, and he sent to Judas and to his brethren deceitfully, with friendly words, 1 Ma. 7:27
- Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends. 1 Ma. 8:20
- But they dissuaded him, saying: We shall not be able, but let us save our lives now, and return to our brethren, and then we will fight against them: for we are but few. 1 Ma. 9:9
- Then Judas said: God forbid we should do this thing, and flee away from them: but if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our glory. 1 Ma. 9:10
- And they lifted up their eyes, and saw: and behold a tumult, and great preparation: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends, and his brethren to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments and many weapons. 1 Ma. 9:39
- And struck Odares, and his brethren, and the children of Phaseron, in their tents, and he began to slay, and to increase in forces. 1 Ma. 9:66
- And king Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made Jonathan: and they told him of the battles, and the worthy acts that he and his brethren had done, and the labours that they had endured. 1 Ma. 10:15
- Jonathan, the high priest, and the ancients of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to the Spartans, their brethren, greeting. 1 Ma. 12:6
- There were letters sent long ago to Onias the high priest, from Arius, who reigned then among you to signify that you are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify. 1 Ma. 12:7
- We, therefore, at all times without ceasing, both in our festivals, and other days wherein it is convenient, remember you in the sacrifices that we offer, and in our observances, as it is meet and becoming to remember brethren. 1 Ma. 12:11
- It is found in writing concerning the Spartans, and the Jews, that they are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham. 1 Ma. 12:21
- And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen: 1 Ma. 13:3
- By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. 1 Ma. 13:4
- And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren. 1 Ma. 13:5
- And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone, behind and before: 1 Ma. 13:27
- And he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren: 1 Ma. 13:28
- They wrote to him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and alliance which they had made with Judas and with Jonathan, his brethren. 1 Ma. 14:18
- The princes and the cities of the Spartans, to Simon, the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, their brethren, greeting. 1 Ma. 14:20
- For he hath restored his brethren, and hath driven away in fight the enemies of Israel from them: and they decreed him liberty, and registered it in tables of brass, and set it upon pillars in mount Sion. 1 Ma. 14:26
- And Simon, the son of Mathathias, of the children of Jarib, and his brethren, have put themselves in danger, and have resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory. 1 Ma. 14:29
- For he had heard that the Romans had called the Jews their friends, and confederates, and brethren, and that they had received Simon's ambassadors with honour: 1 Ma. 14:40
- And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes. 1 Ma. 16:2
- And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you. 1 Ma. 16:3
- Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also. 1 Ma. 16:21
- ‡ ¤ To the brethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt; the brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem, and in the land of Judea, send health and good peace. 2 Ma. 1:1
- Now as concerning Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar: 2 Ma. 2:20
- ¤ It came to pass also, that seven brethren, together with their mother, were apprehended, and compelled by the king to eat swine's flesh against the law, for which end they were tormented with whips and scourges. 2 Ma. 7:1
- He commanded to cut out the tongue of him that had spoken first: and the skin of his head being drawn off, to chop off also the extremities of his hands and feet, the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on. 2 Ma. 7:4
- So thou shalt not fear this tormentor, but being made a worthy partner with thy brethren, receive death, that in that mercy I may receive thee again with thy brethren. 2 Ma. 7:29
- For my brethren having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou, by the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride. 2 Ma. 7:36
- But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God. 2 Ma. 7:37
- But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 2 Ma. 7:38
- So he appointed his brethren captains over each division of his army; Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving to each one fifteen hundred men. 2 Ma. 8:22
- But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape. 2 Ma. 10:21
- Then Machabeus himself first taking his arms, exhorted the rest to expose themselves together with him, to the danger, and to succour their brethren. 2 Ma. 11:7
- He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire. 2 Ma. 12:6
- And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived. 2 Ma. 12:24
- And when he had given his faith that he would restore them according to the agreement, they let him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren. 2 Ma. 12:25
- Then Onias answering, said: This is a lover of his brethren, and of the people of Israel: this is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all the holy city, Jeremias, the prophet of God. 2 Ma. 15:14
- For their concern was less for their wives, and children, and for their brethren, and kinsfolks: but their greatest and principal fear was for the holiness of the temple. 2 Ma. 15:18
- Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. Mt. 1:2
- And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. Mt. 1:11
- And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers). Mt. 4:18
- And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them. Mt. 4:21
- And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? Mt. 5:47
- As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. Mt. 12:46
- And one said unto him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee. Mt. 12:47
- But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? Mt. 12:48
- And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren. Mt. 12:49
- Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude: Mt. 13:55
- And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. Mt. 19:29
- And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. Mt. 20:24
- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother. Mt. 22:25
- But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master: and all you are brethren. Mt. 23:8
- And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. Mt. 25:40
- Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee. There they shall see me. Mt. 28:10
- And his mother and his brethren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him. Mk. 3:31
- And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. Mk. 3:32
- And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren? Mk. 3:33
- And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren. Mk. 3:34
- Jesus answering said: Amen I say to you, there is no man who hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, Mk. 10:29
- Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting. Mk. 10:30
- Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died leaving no issue. Mk. 12:20
- And his mother and brethren came unto him: and they could not come at him for the crowd. Lk. 8:19
- And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. Lk. 8:20
- Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God and do it. Lk. 8:21
- And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren nor thy kinsmen nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee. Lk. 14:12
- If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Lk. 14:26
- For I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. Lk. 16:28
- Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Lk. 18:29
- There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children. Lk. 20:29
- And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren and kinsmen and friends: and some of you they will put to death. Lk. 21:16
- But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren. Lk. 22:32
- After this, he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples: and they remained there not many days. Jn. 2:12
- And his brethren said to, him: Pass from hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost. Jn. 7:3
- For neither did his brethren believe in him. Jn. 7:5
- But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. Jn. 7:10
- Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and your God. Jn. 20:17
- This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And Jesus did not say to him: He should not die; but: So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee? Jn. 21:23
- All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. Acts 1:14
- In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty): Acts 1:15
- Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus: Acts 1:16
- Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David: that he died and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present day. Acts 2:29
- Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren? Acts 2:37
- And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance: as did also your rulers. Acts 3:17
- For Moses said: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: him you shall hear according to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you. Acts 3:22
- Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. Acts 6:3
- Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan. Acts 7:2
- And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren: and his kindred was made known to Pharao. Acts 7:13
- And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. Acts 7:23
- And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not. Acts 7:25
- And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren. Why hurt you one another? Acts 7:26
- This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own brethren, as myself. Him shall you hear. Acts 7:37
- Which when the brethren had known, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus. Acts 9:30
- Then bringing them in, he lodged them. And the day following, he arose and went with them: and some of the brethren from Joppe accompanied him. Acts 10:23
- ¤ And the apostles and brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. Acts 11:1
- And the Spirit said to me that I should go with them, nothing doubting. And these six brethren went with me also: and we entered into the man's house. Acts 11:12
- And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea. Acts 11:29
- But he, beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought him out of prison. And he said: Tell these things to James and to the brethren. And going out, he went into another place. Acts 12:17
- And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Ye men, brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak. Acts 13:15
- Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God: to you the word of this salvation is sent. Acts 13:26
- Be it known therefore to you, men, brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is preached to you: Acts 13:38
- But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and incensed the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren. Acts 14:2
- ¤ And some, coming down from Judea, taught the brethren: That, except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved. Acts 15:1
- They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through Phenice and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy to all the brethren. Acts 15:3
- And when there had been much disputing, Peter, rising up, said to them: Men, brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. Acts 15:7
- And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me. Acts 15:13
- Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company and to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren. Acts 15:22
- Writing by their hands: The apostles and ancients, brethren, to the brethren of the Gentiles that are at Antioch and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting. Acts 15:23
- But Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, with many words comforted the brethren and confirmed them. Acts 15:32
- And after they had spent some time there, they were let go with peace by the brethren unto them that had sent them. Acts 15:33
- And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas: Let us return and visit our brethren in all the cities wherein we have preached the word of the Lord, to see how they do. Acts 15:36
- But Paul, choosing Silas, departed, being delivered by the brethren to the grace of God. Acts 15:40
- To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony. Acts 16:2
- And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia: and having seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed. Acts 16:40
- And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying: They that set the city in an uproar are come hither also: Acts 17:6
- But the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea. Who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:10
- And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go unto the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there. Acts 17:14
- But Paul, when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shorn his head in Cenchrae. For he had a vow. Acts 18:18
- And whereas he was desirous to go to Achaia, the brethren exhorting wrote to the disciples to receive him. Who, when he was come, helped them much who had believed. Acts 18:27
- But we, having finished the voyage by sea, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais: and saluting the brethren, we abode one day with them. Acts 21:7
- And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. Acts 21:17
- ¤ Men, brethren and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you. Acts 22:1
- As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished. Acts 22:5
- ¤ And Paul, looking upon the council, said: Men, brethren, I have conversed with all good conscience before God until this present day. Acts 23:1
- And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest. For it is written: Thou shalt not speak evil of the prince of thy people. Acts 23:5
- And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. Acts 23:6
- Where, finding brethren, we were desired to tarry with them seven days. And so we went to Rome. Acts 28:14
- And from thence, when the brethren had heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns. Whom when Paul saw, he gave thanks to God and took courage. Acts 28:15
- And after the third day, he called together the chief of the Jews. And when they were assembled, he said to them: Men, brethren, I, having done nothing against the people or the custom of our fathers, was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. Acts 28:17
- But they said to him: We neither received letters concerning thee from Judea: neither did any of the brethren that came hither relate or speak any evil of thee. Acts 28:21
- And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come unto you (and have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Rom. 1:13
- ¤ Know you not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as it liveth? Rom. 7:1
- Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ: that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead that we may bring forth fruit to God. Rom. 7:4
- Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh. Rom. 8:12
- For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the Firstborn amongst many brethren. Rom. 8:29
- For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren: who are my kinsmen according to the flesh: Rom. 9:3
- ¤ Brethren, the will of my heart, indeed and my prayer to God is for them unto salvation. Rom. 10:1
- For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in. Rom. 11:25
- ¤ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1
- And I myself also, my brethren, am assured of you that you also are full of love, replenished with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another. Rom. 15:14
- But I have written to you, brethren, more boldly in some sort, as it were putting you in mind, because of the grace which is given me from God, Rom. 15:15
- I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God, Rom. 15:30
- Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes: and the brethren that are with them. Rom. 16:14
- Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them. Rom. 16:17
- Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no schisms among you: but that you be perfect in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Cor. 1:10
- For it hath been signified unto me, my brethren, of you, by them that are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 1 Cor. 1:11
- For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble. 1 Cor. 1:26
- ¤ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ. 1 Cor. 2:1
- ¤ And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal. As unto little ones in Christ. 1 Cor. 3:1
- But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollo, for your sakes: that in us you may learn that one be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is written. 1 Cor. 4:6
- I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man that is able to judge between his brethren? 1 Cor. 6:5
- But you do wrong and defraud: and that to your brethren. 1 Cor. 6:8
- Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God. 1 Cor. 7:24
- This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none: 1 Cor. 7:29
- Now when you sin thus against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 1 Cor. 8:12
- Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister as well as the rest of the apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas? 1 Cor. 9:5
- ¤ For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud: and all passed through the sea. 1 Cor. 10:1
- Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you. 1 Cor. 11:2
- Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 1 Cor. 11:33
- ¤ Now concerning spiritual things, my brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 1 Cor. 12:1
- But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation or in knowledge or in prophecy or in doctrine? 1 Cor. 14:6
- Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect. 1 Cor. 14:20
- How is it then, brethren? When you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification. 1 Cor. 14:26
- Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy: and forbid not to speak with tongues. 1 Cor. 14:39
- ¤ Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received and wherein you stand. 1 Cor. 15:1
- Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. 15:6
- I die daily, I protest by your glory, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 Cor. 15:31
- Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption. 1 Cor. 15:50
- Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor. 15:58
- Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct ye him on his way in peace, that he may come to me. For I look for him with the brethren. 1 Cor. 16:11
- And touching our brother Apollo, I give you to understand that I much entreated him to come unto you with the brethren: and indeed it was not his will at all to come at this time. But he will come when he shall have leisure. 1 Cor. 16:12
- And I beseech you, brethren, you know the house of Stephanas, and of Fortunatus, and of Achaicus, that they are the firstfruits of Achaia, and have dedicated themselves to the ministry of the saints: 1 Cor. 16:15
- All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss. 1 Cor. 16:20
- For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life. 2 Cor. 1:8
- ¤ Now we make known unto you, brethren, the grace of God that hath been given in the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. 8:1
- Either for Titus, who is my companion and fellow labourer towards you, or our brethren, the apostles of the churches, the glory of Christ. 2 Cor. 8:23
- Now I have sent the brethren, that the thing which we boast of concerning you be not made void in this behalf, that (as I have said) you may be ready: 2 Cor. 9:3
- Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness. 2 Cor. 9:5
- And, when I was present with you and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was wanting to me, the brethren supplied who came from Macedonia. And in all things I have kept myself from being burthensome to you: and so I will keep myself. 2 Cor. 11:9
- In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren: 2 Cor. 11:26
- For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be of one mind, have peace. And the God of peace and of love shall be with you. 2 Cor. 13:11
- And all the brethren who are with me: to the churches of Galatia. Gal. 1:2
- For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. Gal. 1:11
- But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude. Gal. 2:4
- Brethren (I speak after the manner of man), yet a man's testament, if it be confirmed, no man despiseth nor addeth to it. Gal. 3:15
- Be ye as I, because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you. You have not injured me at all. Gal. 4:12
- Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. Gal. 4:28
- So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free. Gal. 4:31
- And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void. Gal. 5:11
- For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty. Only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh: but by charity of the spirit serve one another. Gal. 5:13
- ¤ Brethren, and if a man be overtaken in any fault, you, who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Gal. 6:1
- The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. Gal. 6:18
- See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise, but as wise: Eph. 5:15
- Finally, brethren, be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of his power. Eph. 6:10
- Peace be to the brethren and charity with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 6:23
- Now, brethren, I desire you should know that the things which have happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel: Phil. 1:12
- And many of the brethren in the Lord, growing confident by my bands, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear. Phil. 1:14
- ¤ As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not wearisome, but to you it is necessary. Phil. 3:1
- Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended. But one thing I do: Forgetting the things that are behind and stretching forth myself to those that are before, Phil. 3:13
- Be ye followers of me, brethren: and observe them who walk so as you have our model. Phil. 3:17
- ¤ Therefore my dearly beloved brethren and most desired, my joy and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. Phil. 4:1
- For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline: think on these things. Phil. 4:8
- Salute ye every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me salute you. Phil. 4:21
- To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus who are at Colossa. Grace be to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 1:2
- Salute the brethren who are at Laodicea: and Nymphas and the church that is in his house. Col. 4:15
- Knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election: 1 Th. 1:4
- ¤ For yourselves know, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 1 Th. 2:1
- For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God. 1 Th. 2:9
- For you, brethren, are become followers of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they have from the Jews: 1 Th. 2:14
- But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 1 Th. 2:17
- Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith. 1 Th. 3:7
- ¤ For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus that, as you have received from us, how you ought to walk and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more. 1 Th. 4:1
- For indeed you do it towards all the brethren in all Macedonia. But we entreat you, brethren, that you abound more: 1 Th. 4:10
- And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. 1 Th. 4:13
- ¤ But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you: 1 Th. 5:1
- But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 1 Th. 5:4
- And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you; 1 Th. 5:12
- And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men. 1 Th. 5:14
- Brethren, pray for us. 1 Th. 5:25
- Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss. 1 Th. 5:26
- I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren. 1 Th. 5:27
- We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you towards each other aboundeth. 2 Th. 1:3
- ¤ And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and of our gathering together unto him: 2 Th. 2:1
- But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of God, for that God hath chosen you firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctification of the spirit and faith of the truth: 2 Th. 2:13
- Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle. 2 Th. 2:15
- ¤ For the rest, brethren, pray for us that the word of God may run and may be glorified, even as among you: 2 Th. 3:1
- And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us. 2 Th. 3:6
- But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 2 Th. 3:13
- These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto. 1 Tim. 4:6
- ¤ An ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as a father: young men, as brethren: 1 Tim. 5:1
- But they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 1 Tim. 6:2
- Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren, salute thee. 2 Tim. 4:21
- For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: Heb. 2:11
- I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee. Heb. 2:12
- Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people. Heb. 2:17
- ¤ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus: Heb. 3:1
- Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God. Heb. 3:12
- And indeed they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is to say, of their brethren: though they themselves also came out of the loins of Abraham. Heb. 7:5
- Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ: Heb. 10:19
- And I beseech you, brethren, that you suffer this word of consolation. For I have written to you in a few words. Heb. 13:22
- Salute all your prelates and all the saints. The brethren from Italy salute you. Heb. 13:24
- My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations: Jas. 1:2
- Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren. Jas. 1:16
- You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger. Jas. 1:19
- ¤ My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, with respect of persons. Jas. 2:1
- Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? Jas. 2:5
- What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? Jas. 2:14
- ¤ Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment. Jas. 3:1
- Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Jas. 3:10
- Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet. Jas. 3:12
- Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. Jas. 4:11
- Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain. Jas. 5:7
- Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door. Jas. 5:9
- Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Jas. 5:10
- But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment. Jas. 5:12
- My brethren, if any of you err from the truth and one convert him: Jas. 5:19
- Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls, your brethren who are in the world. 1 Pet. 5:9
- Wherefore, brethren, labour the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election. For doing these things, you shall not sin at any time. 2 Pet. 1:10
- You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness. 2 Pet. 3:17
- Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you. 1 Jn. 3:13
- We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. 1 Jn. 3:14
- In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 Jn. 3:16
- I was exceedingly glad when the brethren came and gave testimony to the truth in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 3 Jn. 1:3
- Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the brethren: and that for strangers, 3 Jn. 1:5
- For this cause, if I come, I will advertise his works which he doth, with malicious words prating against us. And as if these things were not enough for him, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that do receive them he forbiddeth, and casteth out of the church. 3 Jn. 1:10
- And white robes were given to every one of them one; And it was said to them that they should rest for a little time till their fellow servants and their brethren, who are to be slain even as they, should be filled up. Apoc. 6:11
- And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ: because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them before our God day and night. Apoc. 12:10
- And I fell down before his feet, to adore him. And he saith to me: See thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Apoc. 19:10
- And he said to me: See thou do it not. For I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets and of them that keep the words of the prophecy of this book. Adore God. Apoc. 22:9
- according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel, and according to the magnificence of Salomon his sonne, al in the temple, and according to your fathers portion of principalitie, among them that stand in the sight of your brethren the children of Isreal. 3 Esd. 1:5
- For the Priestes offered the fatte, vntil the houre was ended: and the Leuites prepared for them selues, and their brethren, the children of Aaron. 3 Esd. 1:14
- And the porters at euerie gate, so that none transgressed his owne: for their brethren prepared for them. 3 Esd. 1:16
- And he toke the letters, and went into Babylon. And he came, and told al his brethren that were in Babylon: 3 Esd. 4:61
- and al the brethren were playing, and he made them goe vp together with them. 3 Esd. 5:3
- And Iesus the sonne of Iosedec, and his brethren the priestes: Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel, and his brethren standing vp, prepared an altar, 3 Esd. 5:48
- And al the children of the captuitie immolated the phase, both for their brethren the Priestes, and for them selues. 3 Esd. 7:12
- And al thinges whatsoeuer thou with thy brethren wilt doe with gold and siluer, doe it at thy pleasure according to the precept of the Lord thy God. 3 Esd. 8:17
- When thou with thy brethren wilt doe ought with gold and siluer, doe according to the wil of the Lord. 3 Esd. 8:20
- And I commanded them to say to Loddeus, and his brethren, and to them that were in the treasurie, that they should send vs them that might doe the function of priesthood in the house of the Lord our God. 3 Esd. 8:47
- And they brought vnto vs according to the mightie hand of the Lord our God cunning men: of the children of Moholi, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel, Sebebia, & his sonnes and brethren, which were eightene: 3 Esd. 8:48
- And I separated of the rulers of the people, and of the Priestes of the temple, twelue men, and Sedebia, and Asanna, and with them of their brethren ten men. 3 Esd. 8:55
- And for the sinnes of vs, and of our fathers we haue bene deliuered with our brethren, and with our Priestes to the kinges of the earth, into sword and captiuitie, and spoile with confusion vnto this present day. 3 Esd. 8:78
- Of the sonnes of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec, and his brethren: Maseas, and Eleazarus, and Ioribus, and Ioadeus, 3 Esd. 9:19
- whether fathers for children, or children for parents, or brethren for brethren, or kinsfolk for their next of kin, or friends for them that are most dear. 4 Esd. 7:103
- And now you are here, and your brethren are among you. 4 Esd. 14:33