1 Timothy 6:4
he is proud, knows nothing, has a morbid interest in questions and disputes about words, which leads to envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 1:4
They should not pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These myths (false stories) (fabrications) and genealogies stimulate questions and speculation. They do not enhance the administration of God that is by faith.
1 Timothy 3:6
He should not be a new believer, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil.
1 Timothy 1:7
They want to be teachers of the Law even though they do not know what they are talking about. They do not understand what they say or what they confidently affirm.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to argue about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
2 Timothy 2:23
But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing they produce quarrels (controversy) (fighting).
2 Timothy 3:4
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Titus 3:9
You should avoid foolish arguing and dissentions, questioning; and genealogies, and arguing about law, for they are unprofitable and vain.
Proverbs 13:7
There is one who claims to be rich, yet has nothing. There is one who claims to be poor, yet has great riches.
Proverbs 25:14
He who falsely boasts of a gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs 26:12
See a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 58:4
You fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast today to make your voice heard on high.
Acts 8:9
A certain man called Simon was in the same city. He used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, telling everyone that he was great.
Acts 8:21-23
You have no part or share in this matter for your heart is not right in the sight of God.
Acts 15:2
Paul and Barnabas had an intense (harsh) dispute and debate with them. They concluded that Paul, Barnabas, and others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders to settle this question.
Acts 18:15
But it involves questions about words and names in your own law so look to it yourselves. I will not be judge of these matters.
Romans 2:8
Those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will receive wrath and indignation.
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind as others. Do not think lofty things but be led along by lowly things. Do not be wise in your own conceit (self-love) (vanity) (estimation).
Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.
Romans 14:1
Accept the man who has a weak faith, but not to entertain doubtful thinking.
1 Corinthians 3:3
You are still fleshly! There is envy, strife, and divisions among you. Do you not walk as ordinary men?
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 8:1-2
Concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 11:16
If anyone is contentious about this we have no other practice, neither do the congregations of God.
1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all, when you come together in the congregation, I hear that there are divisions among you and I partly believe it.
2 Corinthians 11:20
You suffer, if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes advantage of you, if a man exalts himself, if a man strikes you on the face.
Galatians 5:15
But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.
Galatians 5:20-21
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects,
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with one another, envying one another.
Galatians 6:3
So if any one of you thinks you are important when you really are not, you are only fooling yourself.
Philippians 1:15
Some preach Christ from envy and strife and some from good will.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you.
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without complaining (grumbling) (murmuring) and questioning (disputing).
Colossians 2:18
Let no man rob you of your prize by a self-abasement and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things that he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary of God and declares (promotes) himself to be like God. (Ezekiel 28:2)
James 1:19
You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
James 2:14-18
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but he does not have works? Can that faith save him?
James 4:1-2
What causes wars and fighting among you? Is the cause of fighting your sensual lusts for pleasure that battle within you?
James 4:5-6
Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?
1 Peter 2:1-2
Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.
2 Peter 2:12
But these are creatures without reason. They were born mere animals to be taken and destroyed! They speak abusively in matters of which they are ignorant. They suffer destruction in their own course of destruction.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.
Jude 1:10
These men speak abusively about things they do not know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they corrupt themselves.
Jude 1:16
These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.
Revelation 3:17
You say, I am rich and have become wealthy and have need of nothing." You do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.