Bible Dictionary: Brother: Signifies: A Neighbor

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Deuteronomy 23:7
You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land.
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Judges 21:6
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
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Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
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The Sermon on the Mount.
... c that is in thy brother's eye ... It therefore signifies in this connection that we
ourselves should first see ... to take a chip or splinter out of his neighbor's eye ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlii the sermon on the 7.htm

1 Cor. x. 13
... of the injury to their neighbor, but signifies that the ... one body for thee, and another
for thy neighbor to be ... deign to be united even to thy brother with due ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxiv 1 cor x.htm

Matt. v. 38, 39, 40
... law, and recognized it all, He signifies again, that it ... He did not say, "resist not
your brother," but "the ... destroyed the eyes of both, his neighbor's and his ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xviii matt v 38.htm

Whether the Judicial Precepts were Suitably Framed as to the ...
... Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to ... he that striketh [Vulg.: 'killeth'] his
neighbor ignorantly, and ... the heifer taken from the herd signifies the flesh ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the judicial precepts were 3.htm

John i. 35-37
... a promise, you may learn that his brother had already laid ... hath not where to lay
His head," signifies that He ... Which is best, to talk about our neighbor and our ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xviii john i 35-37.htm

Of Flattery.
... Of Flattery. The last of Verbal injuries to our Neighbor which I shall mention,
is Flattery. ... What signifies an unfriendly Parent, or Brother, or Wife? ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section viii of flattery.htm

1 Cor. viii. 1
... But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother?" for this ... as a thing allowed by all, he
signifies that knowledge ... may know something more than your neighbor, if you ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xx 1 cor viii.htm

1 Cor. xvi. 10
... departing he waits for him; and also signifies the love ... thought for the salvation
of thy brother, then it ... 355] " undermining the fame of our neighbor, and as ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xliv 1 cor xvi.htm

1 Cor. xii. 21
... had received less than others, he signifies that they ... trampling on the miseries of
our neighbor and envying ... and turning pale at sight of a brother in prosperity ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxxi 1 cor xii.htm

1 Cor. xiv. 20
... through their love of glory, he signifies that this ... saith he, "the correction of
their neighbor: let nothing ... if thou comest not to edify thy brother, why dost ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxxvi 1 cor xiv.htm

Subtopics

Brother

Brother Against Brother

Brother and Sister Relationships

Brother: A Fraternal Epithet, Especially Among Christians--Instituted by Christ

Brother: Brother's Widow--Law Concerning--Levirate Marriage of

Brother: Joseph's, for his Brethren

Brother: Love of

Brother: Reuben's Love for Joseph

Brother: Signifies: A Companion

Brother: Signifies: A Neighbor

Brother: Signifies: A Relative,