13 Bible Verses about Contentiousness

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Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not destroyed by each other.

Proverbs 15:18

The quickly angered man stirs up contention, but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

Proverbs 17:19

The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

Proverbs 26:21

Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

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Proverbs 17:19

The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

Proverbs 15:18

The quickly angered man stirs up contention, but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

Proverbs 26:21

Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.

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