54 Bible Verses about Conflict

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting.

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.

A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.

But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."

Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.

It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers."

Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!"

The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.

They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

You must not encroach on your neighbor's property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you.