30 Bible Verses about division

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1 Corinthians 12:25

that there might be no schism in the body; but that all the members might have the same care one for another.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must be even heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you.

Jude 1:19

These are they who separate themselves, sensualists, not having the Spirit.

Luke 12:51

Do ye think that I am come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, nay; but rather division.

Mark 3:25

and if a family be divided against itself, that family cannot stand: and if Satan oppose himself and be divided,

John 7:43

So there was a division among the people about Him.

Luke 1:8

And it came to pass, while he was in the order of his course performing the priest's office before God,

Luke 12:52

For from this time there shall be five in one family divided, three against two and two against three:

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?

Mark 3:24

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

John 10:19

There was a division therefore again among the Jews on account of these words.

Matthew 12:25

But Jesus, who well knew their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate; and no city, or family, divided against itself can stand:

Galatians 5:20

lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strifes, emulations, animosities, contentions, divisions,

Luke 12:49

I am come to send fire on the earth, and how do I desire that it were already kindled?

Luke 15:12

Father, give me the portion that falleth to my share. And he divided his substance between them.

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Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing

Matthew 25:31-33

So when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon his glorious throne: and all nations shall be assembled before Him; and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats: and He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

Matthew 10:33-36

but whosoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to bring peace but division. 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 those of a man's own family shall be his enemies.

Luke 12:49-53

I am come to send fire on the earth, and how do I desire that it were already kindled? for I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened till it be accomplished? Do ye think that I am come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, nay; but rather division. read more.
For from this time there shall be five in one family divided, three against two and two against three: the father will be 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, who well knew their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate; and no city, or family, divided against itself can stand: if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub, by whom do your own people cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges: read more.
but if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then certainly the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Luke 11:17-20

But He who well knew their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house against a house falleth: if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say, that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your own people cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the power of God, you may be sure the kingdom of God is come unto you:

Division » Who is divided

1 Corinthians 3:3-9

Because ye are still carnal: for while there is among you envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men? For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whose means ye embraced the faith, even as the Lord gave success to each of them? read more.
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase. So that neither he that planteth is any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase. And he that planteth, and he that watereth, are as one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are fellow-laborers, the servants of God: and ye are the husbandry of God, ye are the building of God.

1 Corinthians 11:17-21

But whilst I am declaring this, I do not commend you, that ye assemble together not for the better, but for the worse. For first when ye come together in the church, I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. For there must be even heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you. read more.
When therefore ye thus assemble together, this is not eating the Lord's supper: for in eating every one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry, and another is glutted.

Division » Not being divided

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye would all say alike, and that there may be no schisms among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgement. For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by some of Chloe's family, that there are contentions among you. I mean, that each of you saith, as if of different parties, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, I of Cephas, and I of Christ. read more.
Is 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, except Crispus and Gaius: so that no one can say I baptized in my own name. I also baptized indeed the family of Stephanas: but I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in fine speech, least the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

Topics on Division

Division Among Christians

Acts 15:1-5

Now some that came down from Judea, taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised according to the law of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Divisions, Contrary To

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?

Weakness In Division

Luke 11:17

But He who well knew their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house against a house falleth: if Satan also be divided against himself,

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