Bible Verses About Strife

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”

And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: