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Luke 14:20
And another said, ‘I have [recently] married a wife, and for that reason I am unable to come.’ Verse ConceptsSinglenessUnable To Do Other ThingsMarriage Between Man And WomanMarriage KjvWifeLeaving Parents For Spouseimpossible

1 Corinthians 7:33
but the married man is concerned about worldly things, how he may please his wife, Verse ConceptsWorryPleasing MenHusband And WifeMarriage Between Man And WomanGodly WomanLove And RelationshipsWorryingFocusLoving Your WifeRelationship TroublesRelationships And DatingFamily ProblemsMarriage KjvWifeLove MarriageThe WorldFamily FirstSex Before MarriageSame Sex MarriageMan And WomanBeing SingleStruggles In RelationshipA Good Husbandspousedistractionsmarraigeworriesmatrimony

1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone fails to provide for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he has denied the faith [by disregarding its precepts] and is worse than an unbeliever [who fulfills his obligation in these matters]. Verse ConceptsIndustryBad CounselAbsent FathersFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsBeing A Husbandethics, personalCareMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, Remedies ForCaring For ParentsWork, As Ordained By GodFamilyFinanceParents Duty To ChildrenProvisionsCaringCaring For ChildrenCaring For OthersCaring For The ElderlyPersonal ResponsibilityAbusive ParentsLove Between RelativesThe FaithWise MenPeople ProvidingRelativesMen WorkingAbusive RelationshipsEconomicsFamily UnityFamiliesFamily LoveLove And FamilyFamily FirstSupportInfidelityProtecting Your FamilyGrandmothersprovidingdenial

Matthew 15:22
And a Canaanite woman from that district came out and began to cry out [urgently], saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David (Messiah); my daughter is cruelly possessed by a demon.” Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionMaternal LoveBeggarsMercy, Of Jesus ChristSonsSpiritsJesus As Son Of DavidDemons Harming IndividualsBe Merciful!Those DemonisedDemons Causing TormentBeing A Woman Of GodharassmentDemonic Influence

Matthew 8:6
and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, with intense and terrible, tormenting pain.” Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfParalyticsPhysical PainPleasurableness

Luke 11:5-6
And He said to them, Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and will say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves [of bread], For a friend of mine who is on a journey has just come, and I have nothing to put before him;

Luke 10:40
But Martha was very busy and distracted with all of her serving responsibilities; and she approached Him and said, “Lord, is it of no concern to You that my sister has left me to do the serving alone? Tell her to help me and do her part.” Verse ConceptsBusynessCriticism, against believersImpatienceDiscourtesyActing AloneServing ChristComplaintsServingSiblingsWorryingServing GodDoing The Right ThingServing The Churchluckdistractionscookinghelping

Matthew 8:21
Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father (collect my inheritance).” Verse ConceptsFirst ActionsBurying placesDiscipleshipDeath Of A FatherFamily FirstWaiting Till MarriageFathers Responsibilitiesgoodbyesevangelising

Luke 9:61
Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord [as Your disciple]; but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.” Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFarewellsFirst ActionsDiscipleshipFamily And FriendsFamily FirstLeaving Parents For Spousegoodbyesfollowing

Genesis 19:16
But Lot hesitated and lingered. The men took hold of his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, because the Lord was merciful to him [for Abraham’s sake]; and they brought him out, and left him outside the city [with his family]. Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

Acts 24:25
But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control [honorable behavior, personal integrity], and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I find [a convenient] time I will send for you.” Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceGiving, Of TimeBribery, Examples OfIndecisionSelf ControlEternal JudgmentConviction Of SinJudgement To ComeThe Final JudgementGod Doing RightDoing RightNowRight Time For PeopleThose Frightened Of GodOpportunityJudgement DayEthics

Acts 17:32
Now when they heard [the term] resurrection from the dead, some mocked and sneered; but others said, “We will hear from you again about this matter.” Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility

1 Corinthians 3:13
each one’s work will be clearly shown [for what it is]; for the day [of judgment] will disclose it, because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality and character and worth of each person’s work. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of The ChristianFireCharacterVeilsThe Day Of JudgementFire Of JudgementGod Testing PeopleThings RevealedOne's DeedsJudgement DayTestsPurgatoryworkingexamsstructuremotiveswilltrying

1 Corinthians 3:15
But if any person’s work is burned up [by the test], he will suffer the loss [of his reward]; yet he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has barely escaped] through fire. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FailureFire Of JudgementBemalosing a loved oneLosing SomeonePurgatorysmoking

Matthew 25:27-28
Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.

Matthew 25:29
“For to everyone who has [and values his blessings and gifts from God, and has used them wisely], more will be given, and [he will be richly supplied so that] he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have [because he has ignored or disregarded his blessings and gifts from God], even what he does have will be taken away. Verse ConceptsTalentsAbundance, SpiritualPossessingAdding BlessingThose To Whom God GivesTaking God's ThingsGifts And TalentsAbundance

Luke 15:13
A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExtravaganceExcessBad Decision Making ExamplesBuying and sellingLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLossThriftWantonnessDeparturesA Short TimeFar From HereShort Time Till The EndThey Committed Immorality

Luke 6:49
But the one who has [merely] heard and has not practiced [what I say], is like a [foolish] man who built a house on the ground without any foundation, and the torrent burst against it; and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.” Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling

Mark 8:36
For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul? Verse ConceptsCommitment, to the worldHell, As Incentive To ActionLossMoney, Stewardship OfProfitsLiving SoulsRepent Lest You DieLosing One's LifeLosing A FriendThe SoulLosing FriendsLosing SomeoneSaving Moneysoulprocessoverworkinggames

Matthew 8:21
Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father (collect my inheritance).” Verse ConceptsFirst ActionsBurying placesDiscipleshipDeath Of A FatherFamily FirstWaiting Till MarriageFathers Responsibilitiesgoodbyesevangelising

Luke 9:61
Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord [as Your disciple]; but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.” Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFarewellsFirst ActionsDiscipleshipFamily And FriendsFamily FirstLeaving Parents For Spousegoodbyesfollowing

Genesis 19:16
But Lot hesitated and lingered. The men took hold of his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, because the Lord was merciful to him [for Abraham’s sake]; and they brought him out, and left him outside the city [with his family]. Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

Acts 24:25
But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control [honorable behavior, personal integrity], and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I find [a convenient] time I will send for you.” Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceGiving, Of TimeBribery, Examples OfIndecisionSelf ControlEternal JudgmentConviction Of SinJudgement To ComeThe Final JudgementGod Doing RightDoing RightNowRight Time For PeopleThose Frightened Of GodOpportunityJudgement DayEthics

Acts 17:32
Now when they heard [the term] resurrection from the dead, some mocked and sneered; but others said, “We will hear from you again about this matter.” Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility

Jeremiah 5:25

‘Your wickedness has turned these [blessings] away,
And your sins have withheld good [harvests] from you.
 Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinSin Brings ImpoverishmentGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water [as from a small break in a dam; first it trickles and then it gushes];
Therefore abandon the quarrel before it breaks out and tempers explode.
 Verse ConceptsContention, SolutionsBeing In A RelationshipFlowing WaterdisagreementsBullyingActivity BegunAvoid QuarrelsMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ConflictResolving Conflict

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife [by handling situations with thoughtful foresight],
But any fool will [start a] quarrel [without regard for the consequences].
 Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfDiscorddisagreementsRashnessSelf RespectArgumentsStrifeQuarrelsBusybodiesAvoid QuarrelsSource Of HonourConflictResolving Conflictrelaxation

Proverbs 26:17

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears [and is likely to be bitten]
Is he who, passing by, stops to meddle with a dispute that is none of his business.
 Verse ConceptsdisagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets

2 Timothy 2:24
The servant of the Lord must not participate in quarrels, but must be kind to everyone [even-tempered, preserving peace, and he must be], skilled in teaching, patient and tolerant when wronged. Verse ConceptsAttitudes, to other peopleGrace, In Human RelationshipsGrudgesKindnessResentment, Against PeopleServants Of The LordTeachersTemperViolenceMinisters, Should BeArguingAvoid QuarrelsBe Patient!Slaves Of GodBeing PatientServant Leadershipservanthoodpatientpatientsstriving

Proverbs 25:8

Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];
Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]
When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?
 Verse ConceptsLitigationRashnessAttorneyLawsuitsHasteShaming PeopleHurt And Betrayalstriving

Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves. Verse ConceptsCoolAmbition, negative aspects ofAdultsBeing A LeaderIndividualismSelfishnessSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSuperiorityThoughtUnselfishnessNothingNot MeBe Humble!Do Not Be ProudDo Not Be SelfishSelf CenterednessBeing HumbleSelf LoveSelf EsteemTreating OthersSelflessnessValueHumility And PrideHelping Others In Needhumblenessmindsetothers

James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing

Proverbs 3:30

Do not quarrel with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
 Verse ConceptsBlameDiscordDisputesaccusations

2 Timothy 2:14
Remind the people of these facts, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good, and [upsets and undermines and] ruins [the faith of] those who listen. Verse ConceptsFutilityDiscorddisagreementsInfluenceUseless ThingsArguingQuarrelsDestruction Of The WickedReminders Of The GospelUseless WordsAvoid QuarrelsUseless Words And ThinkingErrorPositive Thinkingdistractionsremembrancestrivingdoctrine

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not to be as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder; Verse ConceptsBackbitingArguingBitingTumultdisagreementsJealousyPride, Evil OfSectsArgumentsStrifeAbsenceSlanderArrogance, In The ChurchQuarrelsWhispering Of EvilDislikingDisorder In The ChurchAvoiding JealousyProud PeopleCompetitiongossiping

1 Corinthians 1:11
For I have been informed about you, my brothers and sisters, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are quarrels and factions among you. Verse ConceptsArguingTelling Of People's Situations

1 Corinthians 3:3
You are still worldly [controlled by ordinary impulses, the sinful capacity]. For as long as there is jealousy and strife and discord among you, are you not unspiritual, and are you not walking like ordinary men [unchanged by faith]? Verse ConceptsArguingDiscordJealousyDramaWarfare, Nature OfCarnalitySin, Consequences OfFruits Of SinDivision Among ChristiansSpiritual ImmaturityQuarrelsWeakness In DivisionDislikingSins Of The FleshLike People By NatureAvoiding JealousyFighting One Another

1 Corinthians 6:6
but instead, brother goes to law against brother, and that before [judges who are] unbelievers? Verse ConceptsNot Believing The Gospel

Philippians 4:2
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to agree and to work in harmony in the Lord. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Among ChristiansdisagreementsImportunity, Towards PeopleUnity, God's Goal OfUnity, Of God's PeopleCooperationDislikingAgreeing With One Anothermindset

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land
Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
 Verse ConceptsContention, SolutionsBeing A WifeBeing A Women Of GodBeing A WomenDesertsWivesStrifeDomestic ViolenceContentiousnessAngry WivesAnger ManagementLiving In The WildernessQuarrelsome WivesDying In The Desert ComplainingRelationship TroublesA Good WomanNot Being AloneBeing Singlewomannagging

Proverbs 18:19

A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city,
And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.
 Verse ConceptsCitadelsCastlesOffenceResentment, Against PeopleFamilyQuarrelsHatred Between RelativesLocks And BarsFriendsBest FriendsForgiving Others Who Hurt YouFriendship And TrustLosing A FriendLosing FriendsHurt And BetrayalProtecting Your FamilySibling Lovehelping

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
 Verse ConceptsArguingFathers, Responsibilities OfBeing A WifeBeing A Women Of GodBeing A WomendisagreementsChildren, responsibilities to parentsIrritationMonotonySpeech, Negative Aspects OfWivesFamilyQuarrelsStrifeWicked Children, Regard To ParentsFools, Characteristics OfDomestic ViolenceThe Work Of FoolsFathers And SonsQuarrelsome Wivesnagging

Genesis 21:10
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.” Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialFamilyQuarrelsOld Testament People As Typessarah

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
 Verse ConceptsArguingContentious WomanBeing A Women Of GodBeing A WomendisagreementsHousesProperty, HousesRoofSpeech, Negative Aspects OfHousetopsControlling AngerDomestic ViolenceQuarrelsAngry WivesRooftopCornersQuarrelsome WivesAbusive Relationshipsnagging

Proverbs 27:15

A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious (quarrelsome) woman are alike;
 Verse ConceptsArguingContentious WomandisagreementsMonotonyStrifeAngry WivesGrumblingQuarrelsome WivesBad DaysPersistencenagging

2 Samuel 19:43
Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten [tribes’] shares in the king, and we have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt and ignore us [by rushing ahead]? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel. Verse ConceptsClaimsResponseTen Things

Genesis 26:20
the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek (quarreling), because they quarreled with him. Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

Genesis 13:7
And there was strife and quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that same time [making grazing of the livestock difficult]. Verse ConceptsLivestockServants, BadStock KeepingResolving Conflict

Acts 23:9
Then a great uproar occurred, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and began to argue heatedly [in Paul’s favor], saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has [really] spoken to him?” Verse ConceptsTeachers Of The LawSpirit BeingsSound

Deuteronomy 1:12
How can I alone bear the weight and pressure and burden of you and your strife (contention) and complaining? Verse ConceptsHeavy BurdensNot Alonepressure

2 Chronicles 15:6
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress. Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeTwo Hundred And Some

Jeremiah 51:46

“Now beware so that you do not lose heart,
And so that you are not afraid at the rumor that will be heard in the land—
For the rumor shall come one year,
And after that another rumor in another year,
And violence shall be in the land,
Ruler against ruler—
 Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthdiscouragementCivil StrifeRumoursFear, Of FutureResisting DiscouragementThose Not Fearingrumors

Mark 13:7
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed (frightened, troubled); these things must take place, but the end is not yet. Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfCivil StrifeRumoursWarsEnd Of The WorldPrinciples Of WarSigns Of The TimesWarrumors

Luke 21:10-11
Then He told them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be mighty and violent earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences (plagues: malignant and contagious or infectious epidemic diseases which are deadly and devastating); and there will be sights of terror and great signs from heaven.

1 Timothy 6:4
he is conceited and woefully ignorant [understanding nothing]. He has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produces envy, quarrels, verbal abuse, evil suspicions, Verse ConceptsFoolish QuestionsFools, Characteristics OfBackbitingEnvyThe ProudUncharitablenessNot Believing PeopleAvoid QuarrelsMind Battlesrumors

James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice. Verse ConceptsConfusion, Nature OfdisagreementsPersecution, Forms OfDisorder In The ChurchSelfishnessSelf CenterednessGreedCompetitionwitchesego

Proverbs 26:21

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
 Verse ConceptsArguingDissensionContentiousnessCharcoal

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].
 Verse ConceptsGood FriendsLoveBeing In LoveHatredLove, For One AnotherWarfare, Nature OfResentmentLove To Others Shown InBrotherly LoveControlling AngerQuarrelsRomanceConflict

Proverbs 13:10

Through pride and presumption come nothing but strife,
But [skillful and godly] wisdom is with those who welcome [well-advised] counsel.
 Verse ConceptsArguingBad CounselContention, CausesadvisersAdvice, Seeking AdvicePride, Results OfProverbsPride, Results InCounselingContentiousnessQuarrelsPrideConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflictarrogance

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered and undisciplined man commits many transgressions.
 Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionAnger, HumanWarfare, Nature OfAbounding, Evil ThingsAbusive ParentsAnger ManagementQuick TemperedUnnamed People Angry With OthersConflict

Psalm 69:6

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
 Verse ConceptsNot Put To ShameLosing Honour

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