What Does the Bible Say About Harmonious Relationships?

Romans 12:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Romans 12:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Romans 14:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Matthew 19:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Romans 12:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Proverbs 20:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Revelation 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Galatians 1:6-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Romans 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Proverbs 20:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

37 Bible Verses about Harmonious Relationships

Romans 12:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 12:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 14:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 1:6-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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37 Bible Verses about Harmonious Relationships

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Romans 12:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 12:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 14:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 12:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 1:6-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes