Bible Verses About Strife

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.

Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—