Genesis 13:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

A strife

James 4:1

Canaanite

General references

Mark 3:25

John 13:35

Bible References

A strife

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

Idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.

For, where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of base actions.

What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?

Canaanite

In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension,

Show tact in your behavior to the outside world, making the most of every opportunity.

So that your conduct may win respect from those outside the Church, and that you may not want for anything.

Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God 'at the time when he shall visit them.'

General references

And when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.

It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another."