Psalm 133:1 {132:1}
Good News Translation
How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!

New Revised Standard Version
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!

Contemporary English Version
It is truly wonderful when the people of God live together in peace.

New American Bible
A song of ascents. Of David. How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!

Douay-Rheims Bible
A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:

A Song of Dregrees.

Psalm 122:1 A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

Psalm 124:1 A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

Psalm 131:1 A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

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Psalm 122:6-8 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee. . . .

Genesis 13:8 Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.

Genesis 45:24 So he sent away his brethren, and at their departing said to them: Be not angry in the way.

2 Samuel 2:26,27 And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren? . . .

Isaiah 11:6,9,13 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them. . . .

Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all days: and that it may be well with them, and with their children after them.

John 13:35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

John 17:21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no schisms among you: but that you be perfect in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Ephesians 4:3-6 Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. . . .

Philippians 2:2-5 Fulfil ye my joy, that you be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment. . . .

Hebrews 13:1 Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you.

1 Peter 3:8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

1 John 3:14-19 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. . . .

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Context
How Pleasant to Live in Harmony
1A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:2Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment:…
Cross References
Hebrews 13:1
Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you.

Genesis 13:8
Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.

Psalm 122:8
For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

Zechariah 11:7
And I will feed the flock of slaughter for this, O ye poor of the flock. And I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called a Cord, and I fed the flock.

Psalm 132:18
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