Bible Verses About Strife: General references

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

A brother offendedis harder to be won than a strong city; Andsuchcontentions are like the bars of a castle.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.