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.
Do any of you dare, when you have a matter against another, to go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
And I looked and rose up, and said to the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them. Remember Jehovah, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved alive the male children.
From where do wars and fightings among you come? Is it not from this, from your lusts which war in your members?
Jehovah has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.
Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.
He who passes by enraging himself over strife not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears,
For I have come to set a man 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, take one or two more with you, so that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
May 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 to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are men, brothers.
Only by pride comes argument, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
But call to memory the former days, in which (after you were illuminated) you endured a great fight of afflictions,
A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all the spoil of it, you shall take to yourself. And you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Jehovah your God has given you.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax-collector.
leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
You shall not respect persons in judgment. 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 to me, and I will hear it.
And these were the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off fighting, before it breaks out.
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 live in the presence of all his brothers.
Now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And He answered him, Go! For you shall surely overtake and will without fail recover all.
Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of Hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
God causes the lonely to live at home; He brings out those who are bound with chains; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
You shall not lend for interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest of food, interest of anything that is loaned on interest.
And the sons struggled together within her. And she said, If it is so, why am I this way? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
But I do not allow a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence.
and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control, patience, and with patience, godliness,
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau came, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
And at the end-time, the king of the south shall butt at him. And the king of the north shall come against him like a tempest, with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships.
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not succeed. For still the end comes at the time appointed.
For, behold, I have made you a fortified city this day, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its rulers, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
And the sons of Israel according to their number, the chief fathers and commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in any matter of the divisions, who came in and went out month by month for all the months of the year, were twenty-four thousand of every division.
For of the builders, each one had his sword tied by his side, and built. And he who sounded the trumpet was beside me.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also loves him who has been born of Him.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places.
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