44 Bible Verses about division
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in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.
Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.
For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.
Do you think that I have come to grant peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
And I will put a distinction between my people and your people; this sign will be tomorrow.'"
For in the first place, [when you] come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.
And it happened that [while] he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,
For from now on there will be five in one household, 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?
And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For God is not [a God of] disorder 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 above, everyone in Israel who [is able] to go to war. You and Aaron must muster them for their wars.
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
divide the war-booty between those who engaged in the war, who went out to the battle, and all the community.
And his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" 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, on this exact day, all of Yahweh's divisions went out from the land of Egypt.
But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
And his division and the {ones counted} [are] thirty-five thousand four hundred.
and for the working groups of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, and for all the vessels for the service of the house of Yahweh,
So God made the vaulted dome, and he caused a separation between the waters which [were] under the vaulted dome and between the waters which were over the vaulted dome. And it was so.
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!
And stand in the sanctuary according to the clans of {your families} for your brothers, the {lay people}, and a part of the {family} of the Levites.
And David organized them [in] divisions according to the sons of Levi: to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Abidan son of Gideoni [was] over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Benjamin.
And the younger of them said to [his] father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that is coming to [me].' So he divided [his] assets between them.
The eighth, for the eighth month, [was] Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites. And [he was] over his working group [of] twenty-four thousand.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
Now when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.
But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny him before my Father [who is] in heaven. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. read more.
And the enemies of a man [will be] the members of his household.
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am distressed until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to grant peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! read more.
For from now on there will be five in one household, 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
But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges! read more.
But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, 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. So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul. But if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges! read more.
But if I expel 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 where [there is] jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not live like [unregenerate] people? For whenever anyone says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I [am] with Apollos," are you not [merely] human? Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing [it] to grow. So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing [it] to grow. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one 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 there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you. read more.
Therefore, [when] you come together in the same [place], it is not to eat the Lord's supper. For [when you] eat [it], each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
Division » Not being divided
Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose. For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by {Chloe's people}, that there are quarrels among you. But I say this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," and "I [am] with Apollos," and "I [am] with Cephas," and "I [am] with 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 give thanks that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone should say that you were baptized in my name. (Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5And some men came down from Judea [and] began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom [prescribed] by Moses, you cannot be saved."
Division Of Waters
Genesis 1:6-7And God said, "Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and {let it cause a separation between the waters}."
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? 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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