48 Bible Verses about Family Conflict

A father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

LORD increase you more and more, you and your sons.

Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified?

And I looked, and rose up, and said to the ranking men, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them. Remember LORD, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?

LORD has been mindful of us. He will bless, he will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.

Do ye suppose that I came to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

He who passes by, [and] meddles with strife not his, [is like] he who takes a dog by the ears.

For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

But if he should not hear, take with thee one or two besides, so that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, is with all of you. Truly.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers.

Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

But remember the former days, in which, after being enlightened, ye endured a great contest of sufferings.

A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Think not that I came to spread peace on the earth. I came not to spread peace, but a sword.

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.

but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, thou shall take for a prey to thyself. And thou shall eat the spoil of thine enemies, which LORD thy God has given thee.

And if he is heedless of them, speak to the church. But if he is also heedless of the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the tax collector.

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hea

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac.

Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.

The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

O house of Aaron, trust ye in LORD. He is their help and their shield.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.

So then ye are no more alien and foreign, but fellow citizens of the sanctified, and belonging to the household of God.

And David inquired of LORD, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue, for thou shall surely overtake [them], and shall without fail recover [all].

Behold, I and the children whom LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Thou shall not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent upon interest.

And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, why do I live? And she went to inquire of LORD.

There shall no evil befall thee, nor shall any plague come near thy tent,

But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to act autonomously from a man, but to be in quietness.

and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety,

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

And at the time of the end, the king of the south shall contend with him, and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships, and he shall enter into the countri

And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not prosper, for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the rulers of it, against the priests of it, and against the people of the l

Now the sons of Israel after their number, [namely], the heads of fathers and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by mon

and the builders, every man had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he who sounded the trumpet was by me.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in places.