6 Bible Verses about Strife

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

for I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. I am afraid that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, bad feeling, rivalry, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder,

For I have been informed, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that quarrels are going on among you.

for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?

but one Christian has to go to law with another, and before unbelievers too?

I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche to agree together, as Christians.

So there was a great uproar, and some scribes of the Pharisees' party got up and insisted, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose some spirit or angel really spoke to him!"

Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.

Do not act for selfish ends or from vanity, but modestly treat one another as your superiors.

For I have been informed, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that quarrels are going on among you.

for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?

But while I am on this subject, I cannot approve of your meetings, because they are doing you more harm than good. For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it.

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, you must not be alarmed. They have to come, but it is not yet the end.

Then he said to them, "Nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and pestilence and famine here and there. There will be horrors and great signs in the sky.

He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly.

But Jesus knew of this, and he left that place. And numbers of people followed him about, and he cured them all, and warned them not to say anything about him ??n fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, read more.
"Here is my servant whom I have selected, My beloved, who delights my heart! I will endow him with my Spirit, And he will announce a judgment to the heathen. He will not wrangle or make an outcry, And no one will hear his voice in the streets;

and sent messengers before him. They started out and went into a Samaritan village, to make preparations for him. And the people there would not receive him, because he was going to Jerusalem. When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Master, will you have us order fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" read more.
But he turned and reproved them. And they went on to another village.

Having lawsuits with one another at all means your utter failure, to begin with. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be robbed?

But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too; and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat too.

But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.

Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.

for I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. I am afraid that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, bad feeling, rivalry, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder,

But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,

Make every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

But have nothing to do with foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the Law, for they are profitless and futile.

Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,

is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action.

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news.

For I have been informed, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that quarrels are going on among you.

A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.

But they made no answer, for on the way they had been discussing with one another which of them was the greatest.

for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?

for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.

Do everything without any grumbling or disputing,

For I have been informed, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that quarrels are going on among you. What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"

but one Christian has to go to law with another, and before unbelievers too?

Do not act for selfish ends or from vanity, but modestly treat one another as your superiors.

Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.

But if you bite one another and eat one another, take care, or you will be destroyed by one another.

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party-spirit,

What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom. But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above. It is earthly, animal, demon-like. read more.
For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action.

Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.

But Paul did not approve of taking with them a man who had deserted them in Pamphylia instead of going on with them to their work. They differed so sharply about it that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

When he said that, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the meeting was divided. For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection and that there are no angels or spirits, while the Pharisees believe in all three. So there was a great uproar, and some scribes of the Pharisees' party got up and insisted, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose some spirit or angel really spoke to him!" read more.
As the dispute was becoming violent, the colonel began to be afraid that they would tear Paul in pieces, and ordered the soldiers to go down and get him away from them and bring him into the barracks.

They differed so sharply about it that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action.

When he said that, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the meeting was divided.

These words caused a fresh division of opinion among the Jews.

This created a disturbance and a serious discussion between Paul and Barnabas and them, and it was agreed that Paul and Barnabas and some others of their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.

What causes wars and fights among you? Is it not your cravings, which are at war within your bodies?

This created a disturbance and a serious discussion between Paul and Barnabas and them, and it was agreed that Paul and Barnabas and some others of their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.