100 Bible Verses About Building Relationships

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son.

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.