Bible Verses About Strife: General references

Avram said to Lot, "Please, let's not have quarreling between me and you, or between my herdsmen and yours, since we're kinsmen.

Thus he sent his brothers on their way, and they left; he said to them, "Don't quarrel among yourselves while you're traveling!"

But you are burdensome, bothersome and quarrelsome! How can I bear it by myself alone?

In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots, you conceal them in your shelter, safe from contentious tongues.

Confuse, Adonai, confound their speech! For I see violence and fighting in the city.

You make our neighbors fight over us, and our enemies mock us.

Don't quarrel with someone for no reason, if he has done you no harm.

A scoundrel, a vicious man, lives by crooked speech,

winking his eyes, shuffling his feet, pointing with his fingers.

With deceit in his heart, he is always plotting evil and sowing discord.

There are six things ADONAI hates, seven which he detests:

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

a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,

a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.

Hate stirs up disputes, but love covers all kinds of transgressions.

Insolence produces only strife, but wisdom is found with those who take advice.

Hot-tempered people stir up strife, but patient people quiet quarrels.

A deceitful person stirs up strife, and a slanderer can separate even close friends.

Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.

Starting a fight is like letting water through [a dike] -better stop the quarrel before it gets worse.

Those who love quarreling love giving offense; those who make their gates tall are courting disaster.

A fool's words get him into fights; yes, his mouth calls out for a beating.

It is harder to win an offended brother than a strong city; their fights are like the bars of a fortress.

A son who is a fool is his father's ruin, and a nagging wife is like a leak that keeps dripping.

Avoiding quarrels brings a person honor; for any fool can explode in anger.