48 Bible Verses about Family Conflict
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They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to 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, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses."
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
But the midwives feared God, and did not do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Where do conflicts and quarrels among you come from? Do they not come from your passions that war in your members?
The LORD 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 give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
For I came to set a man at odds 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 one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
"Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.
but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it."
This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
David inquired of the LORD, saying, "If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all."
Behold, I and the children whom God has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of the LORD.
But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;
Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south attack 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 invade countries, and pass through like a flood.
As for both these kings, their minds shall be fixed on evil, and they shall speak lies at the table; but it shall not succeed; for still the end shall be at the appointed time.
For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its officials, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of ancestral houses 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 month throughout all the months of the year?of every division were twenty-four thousand.
and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
