6 Bible Verses about Strife

and the servant of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

I beseech Euodias and I beseech Syntyche to have the same mind in the Lord.

And there was a great cry, and the scribes of the party of the Pharisees rising up contended, saying, We find no evil in this man; but [what] if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;

Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself,

For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?

But I tell you this, not to praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse. For first, when you come together in an assembly, I hear that there are divisions among you, and some part of it I believe.

And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not afraid, for these things must be; but the end is not yet.

Then said he to them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and in places there shall be great earthquakes, and famines, and pestilences; and there shall also be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

who being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges righteously,

But Jesus knowing it departed thence, and great multitudes followed him; and he cured them all, and charged them not to make him known; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; read more.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit on him, and he shall declare judgment to the nations. He shall not strive nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

And he sent messengers before him; and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. And they did not receive him, because he was going to Jerusalem. And his disciples James and John seeing it, said, Lord, do you wish us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them? read more.
And he turned around and rebuked them; and they went to another village. (Added verse not retained in Sawyer)

Now therefore there is a great fault among you, that you go to law one with another. Why not rather suffer injustice? why not rather be defrauded?

But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if a man wishes to have a law suit with you, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also;

I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected in the same mind and the same will.

Call to mind these things, charging [men] before the Lord not to debate about words, to no profit, to the subversion of the hearers.

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth.

and the servant of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious,

he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

But foolish and trifling disputes avoid, knowing that they produce contentions;

using diligence to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

But foolish and trifling disputes avoid, knowing that they produce contentions;

he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.

For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse

For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

And there was a contention among them as to which of them should be the greatest.

And they were silent; for they had disputed with each other on the way as to who was the greatest.

for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?

for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?

idolatry, magic, enmities, strife, envy, anger, contentions, dissensions, heresies, murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do all things without complainings and disputations,

For I have been informed of you, my brothers, by the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. I mean this; that each one of you says I indeed am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself,

Call to mind these things, charging [men] before the Lord not to debate about words, to no profit, to the subversion of the hearers.

But if you bite and devour one another, see that you be not consumed one by another.

idolatry, magic, enmities, strife, envy, anger, contentions, dissensions, heresies,

What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, natural, demoniacal. read more.
For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;

but Paul thought not best to take with them one who deserted them at Pamphylia and did not go with them to the work. And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus.

And having said this, there was a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude were divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess both. And there was a great cry, and the scribes of the party of the Pharisees rising up contended, saying, We find no evil in this man; but [what] if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him? read more.
And there being a great dissension, the chiliarch, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the troops to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and conduct him to the fortress.

And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed to Cyprus.

For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.

And having said this, there was a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude were divided.

There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

There being therefore no little dissension and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question.

Whence come wars and contentions among you? Come they not thence, from your pleasures that war in your members?

There being therefore no little dissension and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question.