Psalms 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, See that ye not fall out by the way.
Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of LORD.
Psalms 124:1If it had not been LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
Isaiah 11:6And the wolf 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.
Isaiah 11:13Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Mark 3:25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 133:1
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, I. The doctrine laid down of… Read the whole commentary →