11 Bible Verses about Strife
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So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man,
But any fool will quarrel.
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
From Thematic Bible
Drunkenness » Leads to » Strife
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Slander » Effects of » Strife
And where there is no
Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
So
But any fool will
Is he who passes by and
When your neighbor humiliates you?
Strife » Causes of » In the church
For I am afraid that perhaps
For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.
for you are still fleshly. For since there is
Strife » Causes of » In the family
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
And the
Therefore she said to Abraham, “
Than
Strife » Causes of » General examples of
But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “
the herdsmen of Gerar
And there occurred a great uproar; and some of
Strife » Avoiding strife
So
But any fool will
Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you? Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another, Or he who hears it will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away.
Let us
Do nothing
Strife » Ministers should » Reprove
For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.
for you are still fleshly. For since there is
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.
Strife » Causes of » Civil
And you are not afraid at the
For the report will come
And after that
And violence will be in the land
With
Then He continued by saying to them, "Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Strife » Christ, an example of avoiding
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, and warned them not to tell who He was. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: read more.
"BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES. "HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem. When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" read more.
But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of; for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."] And they went on to another village.
Strife » Saints should » Submit to wrong rather than engage in
Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another.
"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. "If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
Strife » Ministers should » Warn against
Now
Remind them of these things, and solemnly
Strife » Shameful in saints
For I am afraid that perhaps
But if you have bitter
Strife » Excited by » Pride
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
But he who
Strife » Excited by » Wrath
But the
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the
Strife » Strength and violence of--illustrated
So
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid
Strife » Excited by » Curious questions
he is
But refuse foolish and ignorant
Strife » Who stirs up strife
But the
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
But he who
Strife » Forbidden
When your neighbor humiliates you?
Strife » Saints should » Praise God for protection from
You have placed me as
A
Strife » Saints should » Avoid
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the
Strife » Saints should » Seek God's protection from
A Psalm of David.
Contend, O Lord, with those who
Fight against those who
And listen to
Strife » Leads to » Violence
“If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but
“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid questions that lead to
But
But refuse foolish and ignorant
Strife » Causes of » Foolish questions
he is
For where
Strife » Ministers should » Not preach through
Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
Strife » Leads to » Blasphemy
Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp. The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
Strife » Existed in primitive church
For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.
Strife » Instances of » Disciples, over who could be the greatest
And there arose also
But they kept silent, for on the way
Strife » Exemplified » Judah and israel
And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why had our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household and all David's men with him over the Jordan?" Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense, or has anything been taken for us?" But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our advice first to bring back our king?" Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
Strife » Excited by » Drunkenness
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Strife » Who has strife among them
for you are still fleshly. For since there is
Strife » Who kindles strife
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Strife » An evidence of a carnal spirit
for you are still fleshly. For since there is
Strife » Excludes from heaven
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Strife » Saints should » Do all things without
Strife » Instances of » The corinthian Christians
For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ."
Strife » Exemplified » israelites
Strife » Why you should avoid strife
Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you? Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another, Or he who hears it will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away.
Strife » Saints should » Not act from
Do nothing
Strife » Saints should » Avoid questions that lead to
Remind them of these things, and solemnly
Strife » Excited by » A contentious disposition
So is a
Strife » Excited by » Frowardness
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
Strife » Excited by » Tale-bearing
And where there is no
Strife » Excited by » Scorning
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Strife » Excited by » Hatred
Strife » Causes of » Contentious spirit
So is a
Strife » Causes of » Hatred
Strife » Causes of » Pride
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Strife » Causes of » Anger
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Strife » Leads to » Mutual destruction
But if you
Strife » Leads to » Injustice
Why do You make me see iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises. Therefore the law is ignored And justice is never upheld For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted.
Strife » Those that meddle with strife
Is he who passes by and
Strife » What brings forth strife
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the
Strife » The beginning of strife
So
Strife » Those that love strife
He who
Strife » What stirs up strifes
Strife » Where strife ceases
And where there is no
Strife » Who appeases strife
But the
Strife » How to rid strife
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Strife » Who sows strife
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
Strife » Difficulty of stopping, a reason for avoiding it
So
Strife » Evidences a love of transgression
He who
Strife » Danger of joining in--illustrated
Is he who passes by and
Strife » Promoters of, should be expelled
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Strife » Appeased by slowness to anger
But the
Strife » A work of the flesh
idolatry,
Strife » Exemplified » Herdmen of gerar and of isaac
the herdsmen of Gerar
Strife » Exemplified » Laban and jacob
Then Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me?
Strife » The place where strife exists
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. read more.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
Strife » Temporal blessing embittered by
Than a house full of
Strife » It is honorable to cease from
But any fool will
Strife » Fools engage in
Strife » Saints should » Not walk in
Let us
Strife » Instances of » Israel and judah, about david
And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why had our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household and all David's men with him over the Jordan?" Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense, or has anything been taken for us?" But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our advice first to bring back our king?" Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
Strife » Exemplified
Strife » Instances of » Paul and barnabas, about mark
But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.
Strife » Instances of » Isaac's and those of gerar
the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah. He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."
Strife » Hypocrites make religion a pretence for
You do not fast like you do today to
Strife » Saints kept from tongues of
You keep them secretly in a
Strife » Instances of » Pharisees and sadducees, concerning the general resurrection
As he said this, there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?" read more.
And as a great dissension was developing, the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
Strife » Exemplified » Paul and barnabas
And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took
Strife » Leads to » Confusion and every evil work
For where
Strife » Punishment for
For I have seen
Strife » Instances of » Between abraham and lot's herdsmen
And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.
Strife » Instances of » Jephthah and the ephraimites
Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you." Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon; when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand. "When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and the LORD gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?" read more.
Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, O Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh." The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," then they would say to him, "Say now, 'Shibboleth.'" But he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,000 of Ephraim.
Strife » Exemplified » Pharisees and sadducees
As he said this, there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Strife » Instances of » Jews, concerning jesus
Strife » Exemplified » Judaizing teachers
And when Paul and Barnabas had
Strife » Excited by » Lusts
Strife » Instances of » Abimelech's
But Abraham
Strife » Instances of » Laban and jacob
Then Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me?
Strife » Instances of » Christians at antioch (in syria), about circumcision
And when Paul and Barnabas had
Strife » Instances of » Jephthah and his brothers
Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”
Strife » Instances of » israelites
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