Bible Verses About Strife: General references

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”

How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.