34 Bible Verses about Disputes

And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah. And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth.

And it kindled to Jacob, and he will contend with Laban, and Jacob will answer and say to Laban, What my fault? what my sin that thou didst hotly pursue after me?

And the people contended with Moses, and they will say, Give to us water and we will drink. And Moses will say to them, Why will ye contend with me, and why will ye tempt Jehovah?

And if men shall contend, and a man struck his friend with a stone or with the fist, and he shall not die, and he fell upon the bed:

And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah!

And the men of Ephraim will say to him, Why didst thou this word to us, that thou calledst not to us when thou wentest to war against Midian? and they will contend with him with strength.

Then will come two women, harlots, to the king, and they will stand before him. And the one woman will say, With leave, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house; and I shall bring forth with her in the house. And it will be in the third day after I brought forth, and also this woman will bring forth: and we together, and no stranger with us in the house besides we two in the house.read more.
And the son of this woman will die in the night when she lay upon him. And she will rise in the middle of the night and take my son from beside me, and thy servant sleeping; and she will lay him in her bosom and her dead son she laid in my bosom. And I shall rise in the morning to suckle my son, and behold, he was dead: and I shall attend to him in the morning, and behold, it was not my son that I brought forth. And the other woman will say, Nay; for my son the living, and thy son the dead. And this said, No; for thy son the dead, and my son the living. And they spake before the king. And the king will say, This says, My son the living, and thy son the dead; and this says, Nay; for thy son the dead, and my son the living. And the king will say, Take to me a sword. And they will bring the sword before the king. And the king will say, Divide the living child in two, and ye shall give the half to the one, and the half to the other. And the woman to whom the living son, will say to the king, for her bowels were warm upon her son, and she will say, With leave, my lord, ye shall give to her the living child, and slaying, ye shall not slay him. And this said, It shall not be even to me, even to thee; divide it And the king will answer and say, Ye shall give to her the living child, and slaying, ye shall not slay it: she is his mother. And all Israel will hear the judgment which the king judged, and they will be afraid of the face of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of Jehovah was in the midst of him to do judgment

And I shall contend with the prefects, and say, Wherefore was the house of God forsaken? And I shall gather them together, and cause them to stand upon their standing.

And I shall contend with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, What this evil word that ye are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?

And I shall contend with them, and I shall curse them and I shall strike of them men, and I shall make them bald, and cause them to swear by God, If ye shall give your daughters to their sons, and if ye shall lift up from their daughters to your sons and to yourselves.

Saying to God, Thou wilt not condemn me; make known to me for what thou wilt contend with me.

Shall he contending with the Almighty, instruct? he reproving God shall answer it

Thou shalt not contend with man to no purpose, if he did thee no evil

Thou shalt not go forth hastily to strive, lest what thou shalt do in its latter state in thy neighbor putting thee to shame. Contend thy contention with thy neighbor; and thou shalt not reveal the secret of another:

And the scribes and Pharisees having seen him eating with publicans and sinful, said to his disciples, Why does he eat and drink with publicans and sinful? And Jesus having heard, says to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but those being affected: I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they in the sabbaths what is not lawful And he said to them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and hungered, himself, and those with him?

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What reasoned ye to yourselves in the way And they were silent; for they discussed to one another in the way, who the greatest. And having sat down, he called the twelve, and says to them, If any wish to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

And they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in the word.

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason with themselves, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can remit sins but God alone?

And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Wherefore eat and drink ye with publicans and sinful?

And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do in the sabbaths

Then said the Pharisees to him, Thou testifiest of thyself; thy testimony is not true.

And certain of them arose from the synagogue, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrian, and of them from Cilicia and Asia, seeking out with Stephen.

And he spake and sought out with the Greeks; but they purposed to kill him.

And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision discussed with him,

Therefore dissension and no small discussion having been to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas to go up, and certain others of them, to the sent and elders in Jerusalem about this question.

And much discussion having been, Peter having risen up, said to them, Men, brethren, ye know that from ancient days God chose among us, through my month for the nations to hear the word of good news, and believe.

Therefore truly he discussed in the synagogue with Jews, and those worshipping, and in the assembly in every day with those being present.

And having come into the synagogue, he spake freely, discoursing for three months, and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. And when certain were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, having departed from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing in the day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

And he having spoken this, there was a dissension of the Pharisees and Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For truly the Sadducees say there is no rising up, neither messenger, nor spirit: and the Pharisees acknowledge both. And there was a great cry: and the scribes of the Pharisees' part, having risen, struggled with obstinacy, saying, We find nothing evil in this man: but if a spirit or messenger spake to him, we should not contend against God.

And neither in the temple found they me discussing with any, or making a revolt of the crowd, neither in synagogues, nor in the city:

And he having said these things, the Jews departed, having much discussion in themselves.

Dare any of you, having an affair with another, be judged by the unjust, and not by the holy ones? Know ye not that the holy ones shall judge the world? and if the world be judged by you, are ye unworthy of the least judgments? Know ye not that we shall judge messengers? also not only things pertaining to the cares of life?read more.
Therefore truly, if ye have judgments pertaining to the cares of life, set them counted as nothing in the church. For confusion I speak to you. So is there not one wise with you, who will be able to judge between his brother? But brother with brother is judged, and this by the unbelieving. Therefore truly, already is there wholly a misfortune in you, that ye have judgments with yourselves. Wherefore had ye not rather be treated ill? wherefore had ye not rather be defrauded?

But Michael the archangel, when fighting with the accuser, discussed concerning the body of Moses, dared not to bring the judgment of defamation, but said, May the Lord censure thee.