21 Bible Verses about Arguing
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Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.
A servant of the Lord must not argue. Instead, he must be kind to everyone, teachable, willing to suffer wrong,
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
That's because you are still worldly. As long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, you are worldly and living by human standards, aren't you?
But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together. There was strife between the herdsmen in charge of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen in charge of Lot's livestock. Also, at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land. So Abram told Lot, "Please, let's not have strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they? You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them! You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.
"Look! You fast only for quarreling, and for fighting, and for hitting with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice heard on high.
I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
But avoid foolish controversies, arguments about genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the Law. These things are useless and worthless.
Throw out the mocker and strife departs, too; furthermore, quarrels and discord will end.
"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.
If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching, he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions, and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.
Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.
My brothers, some members of Chloe's family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you.
He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
