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What does the Bible say about sisters?

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The Bible teaches that sisters are to be cherished as family, treated with purity and honor, and joined with all believers in loving, truthful fellowship. Proverbs 3:15 and 3:17 praise wisdom as more precious than jewels and marked by pleasant, peaceful ways, while Proverbs 7:4 commends holding wisdom as a sister. Genesis 12:13 warns that family relationships must not be used to excuse fearful or misleading speech. 1 Timothy 5:8 calls believers to provide faithfully for their households, and Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 celebrates the help family and companions give one another. James 5:16 further urges mutual confession and prayer, reminding Christian brothers and sisters to bear one another’s burdens before God.

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  • Proverbs 3:15 6 votes

    She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

  • Proverbs 7:4 4 votes

    Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,

  • Proverbs 3:17 3 votes

    Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

  • Genesis 12:13 3 votes

    Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

  • 1 Timothy 5:8 2 votes

    But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 2 votes

    [9] Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. [10] For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

  • James 5:16 2 votes

    Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

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