1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1 [[A Song H7892 of degrees H4609 of David.]] H1732 Behold, how good H2896 and how pleasant H5273 it is for brethren H251 to dwell H3427 together H3162 in unity! H3162
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
1 A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!
1 {A Song of degrees. Of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1 > See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!
1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
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Commentary on Psalms 133 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 133
This psalm is a brief encomium on unity and brotherly love, which, if we did not see the miseries of discord among men, we should think needless; but we cannot say too much, it were well if we could say enough, to persuade people to live together in peace. Some conjecture that David penned this psalm upon occasion of the union between the tribes when they all met unanimously to make him king. It is a psalm of general use to all societies, smaller and larger, civil and sacred. Here is,
The contents of this psalm in our Bibles, are short, but very proper; it is "the benefit of the communion of saints.'
A song of degrees of David.
Psa 133:1-3
Here see,