Bible Verses About Strife: General references

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.

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

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

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

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:

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.