44 Bible Verses about division
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that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen."'"
For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have 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 her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
At the end of years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the LORD; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the LORD,
And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
"I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!
And stand in the Holy Place according to the groupings of the fathers' houses of your brothers the lay people, and according to the division of the Levites by fathers' household.
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them.
Eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; in his division were 24,000.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come 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 person's enemies will be those of his own household.
"I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. read more.
For from now on in one house there will be five 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 her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. read more.
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. And 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 cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. read more.
But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Division » Who is divided
for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos,"are you not being merely human? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. read more.
When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
Division » Not being divided
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." read more.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? 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 may say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
Division Of Waters
Genesis 1:6-7And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
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