What Does the Bible Say About Importance Of Relationships?

Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 3:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

1 John 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

John 6:53 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

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.”

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ...

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, ...

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Proverbs 9:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. ...

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ...

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?

2 John 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

1 John 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

Romans 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.”

John 15:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

Matthew 22:35-40 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ...

22 Bible Verses about Importance Of Relationships

Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 9:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 John 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 15:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 22:35-40 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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22 Bible Verses about Importance Of Relationships

Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:53 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 9:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 6:53 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:17-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 9:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 John 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 15:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 22:35-40 ESV / 1 helpful vote