50 Bible Verses about Resolving Conflict
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Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?
leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
But if he do not hear thee, take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.
Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.
If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.
And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:
But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?
Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.
And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out. Now therefore strengthen my hands!
And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he shall practise; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.
Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.
And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us?
Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
And he shall turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many; but a captain for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease: he shall turn it upon him, without reproach for himself.
And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.
For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
And, after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou doest, do quickly.
With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.
Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
and advanced in Judaism beyond many my contemporaries in my nation, being exceedingly zealous of the doctrines of my fathers.
Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
besides all these, having taken the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one.
A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.