Bible Verses About Strife: 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.

¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

A 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.