21 Bible Verses about Arguing
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Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.
And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
for ye are yet carnal. For whereas there are among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?
And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together. And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence, from your pleasures, which war in your members? Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures.
Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the law, shun; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety, he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions, constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety.
As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
For it has been shewn to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are strifes among you.
not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
