13 Bible Verses about Contentiousness

Most Relevant Verses

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves to offend loves strife;
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

Proverbs 26:21

As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You force me to look at injustice?
Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for the upright.

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