38 Bible Verses about Quarrels

Be agreeing with thine opponent quickly, while thou are with him on the way, lest the opponent deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the subordinate, and thou will be cast into prison.

For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

I am [for] peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

[and men] who devise mischievous things in their heart. They gather themselves continually together for war.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, and [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts? Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask.

For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife. And Herodias was resentful toward him, and wanted to kill him. And she could not,

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshiping, and asking something from him. And he said to her, What do thou want? She says to him, Speak that these my two sons may sit, one at thy right hand and one at thy left hand in thy kingdom. But having answered, Jesus said, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am going to drink, or to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed? They say to him, We are able.read more.
And he says to them, Ye will indeed drink my cup, and ye will be immersed the immersion that I am immersed. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but to whom it has been prepared by my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were indignant about the two brothers.

And Barnabas wanted to take along John called Mark. But Paul thought it not worthy to bring along this man who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone with them to the work. Therefore a provocation developed, so as for them to separate from each other, and Barnabas to sail for Cyprus, after taking Mark,read more.
but Paul, having selected Silas, went forth after being delivered to the grace of God by the brothers.

And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in mildness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth, and they may sober up out of the snare of the devil, having been captured by him for his will.

forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,

in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves. Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.

And if men contend, and one smites the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed, if he rises again, and walks abroad upon his staff, then he who smote him shall be acquitted. Only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases. [As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike. He who would restrain her restrains the wind, and his right hand encounters oil.

But shun foolish and uneducated questions, knowing that they breed quarrels.

for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?

The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach, no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,

He loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.

Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Ye do not fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light. Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy. But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.

For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t

If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety, he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings, constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.

Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear.

Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding. For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land. And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers.

And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. And they dug another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah. And he moved from there, and dug another well, and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And also a dispute develop among them, which of them is considered to be greater.