44 Bible Verses about division
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that there should be no contradiction in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.
And I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause dissensions and offences outside of the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.
For it is expedient that there also be heresies among you, so that those who are proved may become manifest among you.
These are those who make divisions, and are as animals, not having the Spirit.
Think ye that I am come to the earth to give peace? No, I tell you, but rather division;
And I will put redemption between my people and thy people. Tomorrow shall this sign be.
For first of all, when ye come together in the congregation , I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject him,
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfect, joined together in the same understanding and in the same perception.
And it came to pass that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
for from now on there shall be five in one house divided: three against two and two against three.
Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
For the word of God is alive and efficient and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Think not that I have come to introduce peace into the land; I came not to introduce peace, but a sword.
For God is not the God of disorder, but of peace, as in all the congregations of the saints.
The father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father, the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter- in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats,
and divide the prey into two parts between those that took the part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
His host, with those that were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God because he does not keep the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even that same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not remain;
His host, with those that were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the ministry of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of ministry of the house of the LORD.
And God made a firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
I am come to cast fire into the earth; and what do I desire, except that it be kindled?
And stand in the sanctuary according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren, the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
His host, with those that were numbered thereof, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me. And he divided unto them his living.
The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai, the Hushathite, of Zarhi; and in his course were twenty-four thousand.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats, and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens. Think not that I have come to introduce peace into the land; I came not to introduce peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. read more.
And a man's foes shall be those of his own household.
I am come to cast fire into the earth; and what do I desire, except that it be kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am anguished until it is accomplished! Think ye that I am come to the earth to give peace? No, I tell you, but rather division; read more.
for from now on there shall be five in one house divided: three against two and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father, the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter- in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not remain; and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom remain? And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out the demons by the Spirit of God, then certainly the kingdom of God is come unto you.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every house or city divided against itself will not remain. If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. read more.
But if I with the finger of God cast out the demons, certainly the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Division » Who is divided
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men? For while one says, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul? and who is Apollos? but servants by whom ye believed, each one according to that which the Lord gave. read more.
I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters, but God that gives the increase. Now he that plants and he that waters are one although each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God; ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not: that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the congregation , I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For it is expedient that there also be heresies among you, so that those who are proved may become manifest among you. read more.
So that when ye come together in one place, this is not eating the Lord's supper. For in eating, each one takes his own supper first: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Division » Not being divided
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfect, joined together in the same understanding and in the same perception. For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. In other words, that each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. read more.
Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius, lest any should say that ye were baptized into my name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5Then certain men who came down from Judaea taught the brethren and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Division Of Waters
Genesis 1:6-7And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfect, joined together in the same understanding and in the same perception.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every house or city divided against itself will not remain.
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