Bible Verses About Strife

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.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Islikeone that taketh a dog by the ears.

For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

Ascoals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: