13 Bible Verses about Contentiousness

But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another.

Through pride and presumption come nothing but strife,
But [skillful and godly] wisdom is with those who welcome [well-advised] counsel.

I am for peace, but when I speak,
They are for war.

They devise evil things in their hearts;
They continually [gather together and] stir up wars.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.

He who loves transgression loves strife and is quarrelsome;
He who [proudly] raises his gate seeks destruction [because of his arrogant pride].

A fool’s lips bring contention and strife,
And his mouth invites a beating.

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
For destruction and violence are before me;
Strife continues and contention arises.

It is better to dwell in a desert land
Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.