47 Bible Verses about Family Conflict

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

May Yahweh give you increase, you and your children.

Does anyone among you, [if he] has a matter against someone else, dare to go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

And I looked, got up, and said to the nobles, prefects, and the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."

The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.

But the midwives feared God, and they did not do as the king of Egypt had said to them. They let the boys live.

From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?

Yahweh remembers us; he will bless [us]. He will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

Do you think that I have come to grant peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.

Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by [is] one who meddles in a quarrel [that is] not his own.

For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

Then Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there not be quarreling between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds, for we men [are] brothers.

Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.

But remember the former days in which, [after you] were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,

A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

Only the women and the little children and the domestic animals and all that shall be in the city, all of its spoil you may loot for yourselves, and you may enjoy the spoil of your enemies that Yahweh you God has given to you.

And if he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come [and] present your gift.

You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'

Now these [are] the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac,

A plan will be established by advice, and with guidance make war.

[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

O house of Aaron, trust in Yahweh; he [is] their help and their shield.

{Now} Naomi {had a relative of her husband}, {a prominent rich man} from the clan of Elimelech, [whose] name was Boaz.

And he shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand [will be] against everyone, and the hand of everyone [will be] against him, and he will live {in hostility with all his brothers}."

Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,

And David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Should I pursue after this band [of raiders]? Will I overtake them?" He said to him, "Pursue [them], for you will certainly overtake them, and you will certainly rescue them."

Look! I and the children whom Yahweh has given to me [are] like signs and portents in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, the one who dwells on the mountain of Zion.

God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

"{You shall not charge your brother interest on money}, interest on food, or interest on anything that one could lend on interest

And the children in her womb jostled each other, and she said, "{If it is going to be like this, why be pregnant}?" And she went to inquire of Yahweh.

No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent.

But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but {to remain quiet}.

and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau [was] coming and four hundred men [were] with him. And he divided the children among Leah and among Rachel, and among the two of his female servants.

"And at [the] time of [the] end the king of the south will attack him, and the king of the north will storm against him with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships, and he will advance against the countries and {he will sweep through like a flood}.

{And two of the kings} {will bend their hearts} to evil. And at the {same table} they will speak lies, but [what is discussed] will not succeed, for still an end [is coming] at the appointed time.

Now look, I have made you {today} as a fortified city and as an iron pillar and a bronze wall against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

And as for the number of the {Israelites}, the heads of {families}, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officials who serve the king in all matters of the working groups that came and went, month by month, throughout all the months of the year, each working group: twenty-four thousand.

Each of the builders had his sword tied to his side while building. And the man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

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

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.

For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in [various] places.