The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” ¹  and call understanding a close relative,

You will be overcome by ¹  drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.

Then you will call ¹  your ²  brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is ¹  my brother and sister and mother.”

And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?” ¹ 

For whoever does the will of God is ¹  my brother and sister and mother.”

She ¹  had a sister named Mary, who sat ²  at the Lord’s feet ³  and listened to what he said.

Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. ¹ 

So the sisters sent a message ¹  to Jesus, ²  “Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers ¹  who are with them.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.

Pharaoh liked Hadad so well ¹  he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. ² 

You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. ¹  (His sister’s name was Maacah.) Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; ²  he had only daughters.

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham’s servant and his men.

Jacob’s sons killed them ¹  and looted the city because their sister had been violated. ² 

These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. ¹  Tamar was their sister.

The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister.

These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.