44 Bible Verses about division

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1 Corinthians 12:25

lest there should be any strife in the body: but that the members should indifferently care for one another.

Luke 12:51

"Suppose ye that I am come to send peace on earth? I tell you, nay: but rather debate.

Exodus 8:23

And I will put a division between my people and thine. And even tomorrow shall this miracle be done.'"

1 Corinthians 11:18

First of all, when ye come together in the congregation, I hear that there is dissension among you: And I partly believe it.

Mark 3:25

Or if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot continue:

John 7:43

So was there dissension among the people about him.

Luke 1:8

And it came to pass, as he executed the priest's office before God as his course came,

Luke 12:52

For henceforth there shall be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Either were ye baptised in the name of Paul?

Mark 3:24

For if a realm be divided against itself, that realm cannot endure.

Hebrews 4:12

for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

Psalm 22:18

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Numbers 1:3

from twenty years and above: even all that are able to go forth into war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them in their armies.

Numbers 31:27

And divide it into two parts, between them that took the war upon them and went out to battle and all the congregation.

Numbers 2:13

and his host, and the number of them, forty nine thousand and three hundred.

John 9:16

Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day." Others said, "How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" And there was strife among them.

John 10:19

And there was a dissension among the Jews for these sayings,

Exodus 12:41

And when the four hundred and thirty years were expired, even the self same day departed all the hosts of the LORD out of the land of Egypt.

Matthew 12:25

But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be brought to nought. Neither shall any city or household divided against itself, continue.

Numbers 2:23

and his host and the number of them thirty five thousand and four hundred.

1 Chronicles 28:13

and of the companies of the priests and Levites that waited by course, and of all workmanship, that should serve for the house of the LORD, and for all vessels that should serve in the house of the LORD.

Genesis 1:7

Then God made the firmament, and parted the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament: And it was so.

Luke 12:49

I am come to send fire on earth: and what is my desire but that it were already kindled?

2 Chronicles 35:5

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the ancient households of your brethren the children of the people, and after the division of the ancient households of the Levites,

Numbers 2:6

his host, and the number of them, fifty four thousand and four hundred.

1 Chronicles 23:6

And David put an order among the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Numbers 10:24

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, was Abidan the son of Gedeoni.

Luke 15:12

and the younger of them said to his father, father, give me my part of the goods that to me belongeth. And he divided unto them his substance.

1 Chronicles 27:11

The eighth Captain in the eighth month was Sibbecai an Hushathite of the kin of Sarah. And in his host twenty four thousand.

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Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing

Matthew 25:31-33

"When the son of man shall cometh in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left hand.

Matthew 10:33-36

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my father which is in heaven. Think not, that I am come to send peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am 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 they of his own household.

Luke 12:49-53

I am come to send fire on earth: and what is my desire but that it were already kindled? Notwithstanding, I must be baptised with a baptism. And how am I pained till it be ended? "Suppose ye that I am come to send peace on earth? I tell you, nay: but rather debate. read more.
For henceforth 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

Matthew 12:25-28

But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be brought to nought. Neither shall any city or household divided against itself, continue. So if Satan cast out Satan, then is he at variance within himself. How shall then his kingdom endure? Also, if I, by the help of Beelzebub, cast out devils: by whose help do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out the devils by the spirit of God, then is the kingdom of God come on you?

Luke 11:17-20

But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be desolate: and one house shall fall upon another. So if Satan be divided within himself: how shall his kingdom endure? Be cause ye say that I cast out devils by the power of Beelzebub? If I by the power of Beelzebub cast out devils: by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges. read more.
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt, the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Division » Who is divided

1 Corinthians 3:3-9

For ye are yet carnal. As long verily as there is among you envying, strife and dissension: are ye not carnal, and walk after the manner of men? As long as one saith "I hold of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are ye not carnal? What is Paul? What thing is Apollos? Only ministers are they, by whom ye believed: even as the Lord gave every man grace. read more.
I have planted. Apollos watered. But God gave increase. So then, neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth: but God which gave the increase. He that planteth, and he that watereth, are neither better than the other. Every man yet shall receive his reward according to his labour. We are God's laborers: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

1 Corinthians 11:17-21

This I warn you of, and commend not that ye come together: not after a better manner but after a worse. First of all, when ye come together in the congregation, I hear that there is dissension among you: And I partly believe it. For there must be sects among you, that they which among you are perfect might be known. read more.
When ye come together in one place, a man cannot eat the Lord's supper. For every man beginneth afore to eat his own supper. And one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Division » Not being divided

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

I beseech you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all speak one thing and that there be no dissension among you: but be ye perfect in one mind, and one meaning. It is showed unto me, my brethren, of you by them that are of the house of Chloe; that there is strife among you. And this is it that I mean: how that commonly among you, one sayeth, "I hold of Paul"; Another, "I hold of Apollos"; the third, "I hold of Cephas"; and the fourth that, "I hold of Christ." read more.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Either were ye baptised in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptised none of you, but Crispus and Gaius, lest any should say that I in mine own name had baptised. I baptised also the house of Stephanas. Furthermore know I not whether I baptised any man of you or no. For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should have been made of none effect.

Topics on Division

Division Among Christians

Acts 15:1-5

Then came certain from Jewry and taught the brethren, "Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses ye cannot be saved."

Division Of Waters

Genesis 1:6-7

And God said, "Let there be a firmament between the waters, and let it divide the waters asunder."

Divisions, Contrary To

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Either were ye baptised in the name of Paul?

Weakness In Division

Luke 11:17

But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be desolate: and one house shall fall upon another.

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