54 Bible Verses about Conflict
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From where do wars and fightings among you come? Is it not from this, from your lusts which war in your members?
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.
which I have kept for the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,
A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.
having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
And Jehovah shall go out and fight against those nations, like the day He fought in the day of battle.
but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin being in my members.
Do any of you dare, when you have a matter against another, to go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
But call to memory the former days, in which (after you were illuminated) you endured a great fight of afflictions,
For there must also be heresies among you, that the approved ones may be revealed among you.
But if he will not hear you, take one or two more with you, so that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not loaned, nor have men loaned to me; yet every one curses me.
And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are men, brothers.
For, indeed, coming into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but being troubled in every way, with fightings on the outside, and fears on the inside.
But if you do marry, you did not sin; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such shall have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.
He who passes by enraging himself over strife not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears,
Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.
Swallow up, O Jehovah, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and fighting in the city.
But also suffering before, being insulted in Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much agony.
leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.
You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve Me.
He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
I have laid a trap for you, and you are also captured, O Babylon, and you did not know. You were found and also caught, because you have fought against Jehovah.
And he will be a wild man. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. And he shall live in the presence of all his brothers.
O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.
And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly. And His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
And these were the ones who came to David to Ziklag, while banned from the face of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war,
rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, steadfastly continuing in prayer,
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And Asa cried to Jehovah his God and said, Jehovah, it is nothing with You to help, whether with many or with him who has no power. Help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, You are our God. Do not let man prevail against You.
The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of bows, turned back in the day of battle.
You shall not respect persons in judgment. You shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; that the opponent not deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax-collector.
meddling, of men whose minds have been corrupted and deprived of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness. Withdraw from such.
and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control, patience, and with patience, godliness,
You may not remove your neighbor's landmark, which those in the past have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it.
From Thematic Bible
Fasting » Instances of » Of the israelites » Conflict » tribe of Benjamin
And all the sons of Israel, and all the people, went up and came into the house of God, and wept, and sat there before Jehovah and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.
Israel » Before » Separation » Two kingdoms » Political » Conflict
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met by the pool of Gibeon and sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. read more.
And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul; and twelve of the servants of David. And each one lay hold on the head, of his companion and thrust his sword in his companion's side, so that they fell together. And one called that place The Field of Rocks, which is in Gibeon. And there was a very grievous battle that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles in the field. And Asahel ran after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. And Abner looked behind him and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am. And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take for yourself. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother? However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him with the blunt end of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it happened that everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still. And Joab and Abishai ran after Abner. And the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill. Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers? And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up each one from following his brother. And Joab blew a ram's horn, and all the people stood still and did not pursue after Israel any more, nor did they fight any more. And Abner and his men went all that night through the plain and passed over Jordan, and went all the forenoon and came to Mahanaim. And Joab returned from following Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men and Asahel were missing from David's servants. But the servants of David had stricken three hundred and sixty men of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, who died. And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at the break of day.
And there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David became stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
Topics on Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Matthew 18:15But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
Family Conflict
Luke 12:53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Resolving Conflict
Proverbs 20:3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself.
Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
Ephesians 6:12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.