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 her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
If you have a dispute with another [Christian] do you dare to go to a law court before judges who are ungodly? Why not let the holy ones decide who is right?
And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them. Keep in mind Jehovah who is great and greatly to be feared. Take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.
The midwives respected God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them. They let the boys live.
What causes wars and fighting among you? Is the cause of fighting your sensual lusts for pleasure that battle within you?
Jehovah is always thinking about us. He will bless us. He will bless the descendants of Israel. He will bless the descendants of Aaron.
Do you think I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, No, instead division.
My coming will cause a separation. A man will be against his father and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
If he does not listen to you, take one or two more people with you. Two or three witnesses may prove every case.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the intimate sharing of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Abram said to Lot: Let us not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.
Remember the former days in which, after being enlightened, you endured great struggle with afflictions.
A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.
Do not think I came to bring peace on the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
You may take the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else in the city for yourselves. You may use everything that belongs to your enemies. Jehovah has given it to you.
If he will not listen to them, let it come to the attention of the congregation. If he will not listen to the congregation, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.
leave your gift at the altar and go make peace with your brother. Then return and make your offering.
You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.'
This is the genealogy of Abraham's son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Starting a quarrel is like releasing water [from a floodgate]. Therefore stop contention before it begins.
O Descendants of Aaron, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield.
Boaz was a relative of Naomi. He was a wealthy man from the family of Elimelech.
He (Ishmael) will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. You are fellow citizens with the holy ones and of the household of God.
David asked Jehovah: Should I pursue these troops? Will I catch up with them? Pursue them! Jehovah told him: You will certainly catch up with them and rescue the captives.
I am here with the children Jehovah has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from Jehovah of Hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.
God sets the lonely in families. He frees the prisoners who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Do not charge interest to your brothers, interest on money, food, anything that may be loaned at interest.
She was going to have twins. Before they were born they struggled against each other in her womb. She said: Why should something like this happen to me? She asked Jehovah for an answer.
Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness.
Jacob saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. Therefore he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two concubines.
The king of the south will contend with him at the time of the end. The king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with a large fleet of ships. He will enter into the countries and overflow and pass through them.
And as for both these kings, their hearts will be inclined to do bad things. They will speak lies at one table and nothing will succeed. The end will come at the time appointed.
Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.
This is a list of Israelite family heads, regiment and battalion commanders, and officers who were serving the king in all the army's units. Throughout each year they came for a month at a time and then left. Each unit consisted of twenty-four thousand men.
Every builder was working with his sword at his side. By my side was a man for sounding the warning horn.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, yet one sinner destroys much good.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves him that causes the birth also loves him that is born.
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many places.
