Bible Verses About Strife

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.

¶ Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

¶ It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

¶ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

¶ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

¶ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

¶ He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

¶ Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.