49 Bible Verses about Resolving Conflict

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

Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified?

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.

The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

But if he should not hear, take with thee one or two besides, so that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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.

The lot causes contentions to cease, and decides between the mighty.

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

Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

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

If we live in Spirit, we should also march in Spirit.

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 apostles and the elders were assembled together to see about this matter.

If the foundations be destroyed, what can a righteous man do?

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

praying through every prayer and entreaty at every time in spirit, and being alert in this same thing in all perseverance and entreaty for all the sanctified,

Put on the full armor of God to enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil.

But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately.

Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.

And in a controversy they shall stand to judge. They shall judge it according to my ordinances. And they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall hallow my Sabbaths.

So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away. And I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of LORD was strong upon me.

And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

Debate thy case with thy neighbor [himself], and disclose not the secret of another,

He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work that it not be done. But now, [O God], strengthen thou my hands.

And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions, and he shall perform them. And he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her, but she shall not stand, nor be fo

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.

Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.

And behold, they cried out, saying, What is with us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? Did thou come here before the time to torment us?

LORD tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.

And he said, No, but [as] captain of the army of LORD I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, What does my lord say to his servant?

After this he shall turn his face to the isles, and shall take many. But a ruler shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Yea, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn upon him.

And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught, saying, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?

And the Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David grew faint,

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

In LORD I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain.

And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that man. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou do, do more quickly.

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built waste places for themselves,

For LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.

Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my race, being a more extreme zealot of my paternal traditions.

Stand ye therefore having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.

Therefore, no small dissension and debate having developed with Paul and Barnabus against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some other men from them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about thi

And now behold, I have seen that ye will no longer see my face, ye all among whom I passed through preaching the kingdom of God.

But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from Holy Spirit.