38 Bible Verses about Quarrels

Come to an agreement quickly with the one who has a legal case against you. Do it before he turns the case over to the judge and you are thrown into jail.

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

A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows.

I am for peace, but when I talk about it, they only talk about war.

They plan evil things in their hearts. They start conflicts (fights) (wars) every day.

An angry man stirs up strife. The slow to anger calms disputes.

She said to Abraham: Get rid of that slave woman and her son.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Their arguments are like the bars of a castle.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof.

What causes wars and fighting among you? Is the cause of fighting your sensual lusts for pleasure that battle within you? You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain! You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.

John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. Herodias had a grudge against John and was determined to have him killed.

The mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons. She bowed down and requested a favor of him. What is your desire? he asked. She said to him: Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom. Jesus told her: You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take? read more.
They said: We are able. Truly, you will take of my cup, he said. But to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father. When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers.

Barnabas decided to take John, whose surname was Mark, with them. Paul did not think it a good idea to take him with them. So he left them at Pamphylia. Their disagreement was so great between them that they parted company. So Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.read more.
Paul chose Silas, and departed, being entrusted by the brothers to the grace of God.

The Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind (gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged. He should instruct those who oppose using meekness. Perhaps God will give them repentance that they may know the truth. They should come to their senses out of the snare of the Devil. He has taken them captive and they do his will.

Tolerate (endure) (suffer) (put up with) one another, and forgive each other. If any man has a complaint against anyone, forgive them, even as God forgave you.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you. Look out for the interest of others and not only for your own personal interest.

When men quarrel and one hits the other with a rock or with his fist and injures him so that he has to stay in bed you must do this. If the injured man is able to stand up again and walk around outside with a cane, the one who hit him must not be punished. He must pay the injured man for the loss of his time and for all his medical expenses.

Hatred stirs up strife. Love covers all sins.

Pride brings contention, but wisdom is with the well advised.

It is an honor for a man to cease from discord. Only fools start quarrels.

It is better to dwell on the corner of the roof than to share the house with a contentious (combative) woman.

Throw out the scoffer and contention will go away, yes, strife and reproach will cease.

Without wood the fire goes out. Without a talebearer strife ceases. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle disputes.

Continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Trying to stop her is like trying to stop the wind, or holding something with greased hands.

But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing they produce quarrels (controversy) (fighting).

You are still fleshly! There is envy, strife, and divisions among you. Do you not walk as ordinary men?

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach; not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

He who loves transgression loves discord. He who opens his door seeks destruction.

You fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast today to make your voice heard on high.

The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy. Put on (live like) (clothe yourself with) the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

If any man teaches a different doctrine, and does not consent to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine that is according to godliness, he is proud, knows nothing, has a morbid interest in questions and disputes about words, which leads to envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, frictions between men corrupted in mind and lacking in truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to argue about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there are no divisions among you. You should be perfectly joined together (united) in the same mind and thought. The house of Chloe told me, my brothers, that there are disputes among you. Concerning that I say, that each one of you said, I follow Paul; and I follow Apollos; and I follow Cephas; and I follow Christ.

Quarreling arose between Abram's herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time. Abram said to Lot: Let us not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.

The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac. They said: The water is ours! So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him. They dug another well. And they quarreled over that one too. So Isaac named it Sitnah (Accusation). He moved on from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over this one. So he named it Rehoboth (Roomy). He said: Now Jehovah has made room for us. We will prosper in this land.

Contention grew between them concerning which of them was the greatest.