48 Bible Verses about Family Conflict
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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.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
From where come wars and fightings among you? come they not from here, even of your lusts that war in your members?
The LORD has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
Suppose you that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
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.
But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight with afflictions;
A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto you as a heathen man and a tax collector.
Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
You shall not respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
Now therefore you are no more strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for you shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.
God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
You shall not charge interest to your brother; interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest:
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over the man, but to be in silence.
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south attack him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper: for the end shall yet be at the time appointed.
For, behold, I have made you this day a fenced city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Now the children of Israel according to their number, the heads of the fathers' houses and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the divisions, who came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every division were twenty and four thousand.
For the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.
Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loves him that begat loves him also that is begotten of him.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places.