Bible Verses About Strife

Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.

Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.

He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.

Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as to -day, To sound in the high place your voice.

Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,

Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take--suffer to him also the cloak.

`And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,

and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.