Genesis 37:4

New International Version

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Genesis 37:5

Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

Genesis 4:5

but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

Genesis 49:23

With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

Psalm 38:19

Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

Jeremiah 12:6

Your relatives, members of your own family— even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

Mark 3:25

If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

1 John 2:11

But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

1 John 3:10

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

1 John 4:20

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

1 Samuel 17:28

When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”