48 Bible Verses about Family Conflict

They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:

Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

And Naomi had a relation of her husband, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have

And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.

In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

And at the time of the end, the king of the south will make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like overflowing waters.

And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.

For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

Now the number of the children of Israel, that is, the heads of families, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the men in authority who were servants of the king in anything to do with the divisions which came in and went out month by month through all the months of the year, in every division were twenty-four thousand.

Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;