6 Bible Verses about Strife

and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and lest I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest there be wranglings, envying, wraths, rivalries, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

Nay, brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord;

And there arose a great clamor; and scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose, and contended, saying, We find nothing amiss in this man; but if a spirit hath spoken to him or an angel

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envy;

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;

And when ye hear of wars, and rumors of wars, be not troubled; they must come to pass; but not yet is the end.

Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously;

But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew from thence; and many followed him; and he healed them all, and strictly charged them not to make him known; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, read more.
"Behold my servant, whom I chose; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will declare judgment to the nations. He will not strive, nor cry aloud, nor will any one hear his voice in the streets.

And he sent messengers before him; and they went and entered a city of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as if he were going to Jerusalem. And the disciples James and John, on seeing it, said, Lord, wilt thou have us bid fire come down from heaven, and consume them? read more.
But he turned and rebuked them. And they went to another village.

Now therefore it is altogether an evil among you, that ye have suits against each other. Why do ye not rather submit to wrong? Why do ye not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

But I say to you, that ye resist not the evildoer; but whoever smiteth thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one intends to sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, give up to him thy cloak also;

But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord not to carry on a strife of words, to no useful purpose, but rather to the subverting of the hearers.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and lest I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest there be wranglings, envying, wraths, rivalries, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,

not given to wine, not a striker, but forbearing, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;

he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

But the foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they gender quarrels;

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

but avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the Law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

But the foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they gender quarrels;

he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

For where there is rivalry and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will. They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.

And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

But they were silent; for on the road they had been disputing with one another, who was greatest.

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, rivalry, outbursts of wrath, cabals, divisions, factions, envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also told you in time past, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do all things without murmurings and doubts;

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you. What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

Nay, brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord not to carry on a strife of words, to no useful purpose, but rather to the subverting of the hearers.

But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, rivalry, outbursts of wrath, cabals, divisions, factions,

Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you P let him show out of a good course of conduct his works in meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which descendeth from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish. read more.
For where there is rivalry and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envy;

But Paul did not think it proper to take with them a man who had left them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted from each other, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus.

And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees affirm both. And there arose a great clamor; and scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose, and contended, saying, We find nothing amiss in this man; but if a spirit hath spoken to him or an angel read more.
And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted from each other, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus.

For where there is rivalry and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.

And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.

Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words.

But when Paul and Barnabas had had no small dissension and debate with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

But when Paul and Barnabas had had no small dissension and debate with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.