Bible Verses About Strife: General references
Verses on General references
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
¶ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
¶ Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
¶ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
¶ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
¶ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
¶ A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
¶ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
¶ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.