48 Bible Verses about Family Conflict
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The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in 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 communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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 man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at 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 countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
And both these kings' 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 defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.