24 Bible Verses about Resolving Conflict

When any controversy arises among you, will any one presume to appeal to the Gentiles, and not to Christians?

leave your gift before the altar, go, and first of all reconcile yourself to your brother; then come to offer your gift.

but if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that the remonstrances of two or three persons may have its effect.

endeavour to win your adversary, even whilst you are in the way: left the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into jayl.

Now there had been a dispute among the disciples, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

are you angry? have a care you don't sin. "let not the sun go down upon your wrath,"

if we live by the spirit, let us regulate our actions by the spirit:

The apostles therefore, and the presbyters assembled to deliberate upon this affair.

let salvation be your helmet, and the divine doctrine your spiritual sword.

Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:

put on the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

but Joseph her husband, being a good-natur'd man, and unwilling to expose her to publick shame, he designed to put her away privately.

or where is the king, that will march to give battle to another king, without setting himself first to deliberate, whether he is strong enough with ten thousand to withstand an army of twenty thousand?

Then one of the company said to him, order my brother to give me my share of our inheritance.

Where is this king of the Jews who is now born? for we have seen his rising star, and are come to pay him homage.

and they roar'd out, Jesus, thou son of God, what injury have we done you? are you come here to torment us before the time?

When he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the magistrates came to him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

and after he had taken the sop, Satan entred into him. then said Jesus to him, what you do, do quickly.

and that I made a greater proficiency in Judaism than many my contemporaries of my own nation, being an extraordinary zealot for the traditions of my forefathers.

stand firm, the belt of truth round your waist, let justice invest you like mail:

cover all with the shield of faith, to repel all the fiery darts of the adversary:

upon which Paul and Barnabas having warmly contested the point with them, it was resolved, that Paul and Barnabas and some others should go to Jerusalem to consult the apostles upon this question.

and now I am persuaded you will none of you see my face any more: whilst I have been among you, I have proclaim'd the kingdom of the Messias:

but while he was revolving this in his mind, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, the off-spring of David, don't make any difficulty of taking Mary for thy wife: for her pregnancy is from the holy Spirit.