Thematic Bible: Contention


Thematic Bible







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

A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.

A fool's lips bring strife, And his mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me." "Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. "Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. read more.
"Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you. "Lift up your eyes and look around; All of them gather together, they come to you As I live," declares the LORD, "You will surely put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride. "For your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land-- Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who swallowed you will be far away. "The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, 'The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.' "Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; From where did these come?'" Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My standard to the peoples; And they will bring your sons in their bosom, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders. "Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick the dust of your feet; And you will know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame. "Can the prey be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?" Surely, thus says the LORD, "Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons.

The cast lot puts an end to strife
And decides between the mighty ones.
Verse ConceptsCasting LotsResolving Conflict

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Verse ConceptsArguingdriving outInsultsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScornersQuarrelsAbusemockers

For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
Verse ConceptsBackbitingDiscordGossipExtinguishingFirewoodBurnoutFamily ProblemsConflictFamily Conflictrumorsgossiping


When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,
The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
Verse ConceptsLawsuitsScoffing

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law strive with them.
Verse ConceptsCommendationConnivanceResults Of Keeping The Commandments

“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker—
An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth!
Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersArguingClaySurrenderingPresumptionPotteryAuthority, Belonging To GodAnimositySuing GodWoe To The WickedMan's Relationship With His Creatorstriving



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