13 Bible Verses about Contentiousness
Most Relevant Verses
But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
Through insolence comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man swallows it up.
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
From Thematic Bible
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