Bible Verses About Strife

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.

Don't say, "I'll pay back evil for evil"; wait for ADONAI to save you.

It is better to live in the desert than with a nagging, irritable wife.

Throw the scoffer out, and quarreling goes too; strife and insults cease.

Who has misery? Who has regret? Who fights and complains all the time? Who gets bruised for no good reason? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Those who spend their time over wine, those always trying out mixed drinks.

don't rush to present in a dispute. For what will you do later on, if your neighbor puts you to shame?

It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.

Like someone who grabs a dog by the ears is a passer-by who mixes in a fight not his own.

If there's no wood, the fire goes out; if nobody gossips, contention stops.

As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.

A leak that keeps dripping on a rainy day and the nagging of a wife are the same -