44 Bible Verses about division
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so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.
For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
I will put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur.”’”
For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.
If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division,
for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
and divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord and for all the utensils of service in the house of the Lord;
God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!
Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your brethren the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father’s household.
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them.
The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
"But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. "For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; read more.
and A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
"I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! "But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! "Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; read more.
for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. "They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand. "If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? "If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. read more.
"But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls. "If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. "And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges. read more.
"But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Division » Who is divided
for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. read more.
Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
Division » Not being divided
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." read more.
Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
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