48 Bible Verses about Family Conflict
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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."
When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?
When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!"
A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless -- he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.
Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.
But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.
A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city -- all its plunder -- you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.
leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.
They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.
This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
O family of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech.
He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers."
So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?" He said to him, "Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!"
Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.
You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.
But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the Lord,
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.
Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
"At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.
These two kings, their minds filled with evil intentions, will trade lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.
I, the Lord, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land.
What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men.
The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
