6 Bible Verses about Strife

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

I repeat it, I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, rivalries, slanders, gossiping, haughty pride, and disorders,

For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you.

for you are still unspiritual. For when there are still jealousy and wrangling among you, are you not still unspiritual and living by a human standard?

but one brother has to go to law with another, and that before unbelieving judges?

I beg Euodia and I beg Syntyche to live in harmony by the help of the Lord.

So there was a vociferous yelling until some of the scribes, belonging to the party of the Pharisees, got up and fiercely contended, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or angel has really spoken to him!"

Let us live becomingly for people who are in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, nor in sexual immorality and licentiousness, nor in quarreling and jealousy.

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you.

for you are still unspiritual. For when there are still jealousy and wrangling among you, are you not still unspiritual and living by a human standard?

But as I am giving you these instructions I cannot approve of your meetings, because they do not turn out for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques among you, and I partly believe it.

But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, stop getting alarmed. They have to come, but the end is not yet.

Then He continued to say to them, "One nation will go to war with another, and one kingdom with another. There will be great earthquakes and pestilences and famines in various places, and there will be dreadful portents and awful signs in the sky.

Although He was abused, He never retorted; although He continued to suffer, He never threatened, but committed His case to Him who judges justly.

But because Jesus knew it, He left there. And many people followed Him, and He cured them all, and charged them not to publish Him, and in this way fulfilled the saying spoken by the prophet Isaiah: read more.
"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom my soul delights itself. I will endow Him with my Spirit, and He will announce a judgment to the heathen. He will not debate, nor challenge anyone; His voice will no one hear in the streets;

so He sent messengers before Him. Then they went on and entered into a Samaritan town, to make preparations for Him. But they would not receive Him, because He was facing in the direction of Jerusalem. When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?" read more.
But He turned at once and reproved them. Then they went on to a different village.

To say no more, it is a mark of moral failure among you to have lawsuits at all with one another. Why not rather suffer being wronged? Why not suffer being robbed?

But I tell you not to resist the one who injures you, but if anyone slaps you on one cheek, turn him the other, too; and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat, too.

Now I beg you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to be harmonious in what you say and not to have factions among you, but to be perfectly harmonious in your minds and judgments.

Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.

I repeat it, I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, rivalries, slanders, gossiping, haughty pride, and disorders,

But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

not addicted to strong drink, not pugnacious, gentle and not contentious, not avaricious,

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

Always avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, for you know that they breed quarrels,

continuing with eager earnestness to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the law, for these are fruitless and futile.

Always avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, for you know that they breed quarrels,

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and all sorts of evil practices.

Some, indeed, are actually preaching Christ because they are moved by jealousy and partisanship, but others are doing so from the motive of good will; the latter, indeed, are doing so from love to me, for they know that I am providentially put here to defend the good news;

For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you.

There arose also among them a contention as to which one of them should rank as greatest.

But they had nothing to say, for they had discussed with one another which of them was to be the greatest.

for you are still unspiritual. For when there are still jealousy and wrangling among you, are you not still unspiritual and living by a human standard?

for you are still unspiritual. For when there are still jealousy and wrangling among you, are you not still unspiritual and living by a human standard?

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, intrigues, dissensions, party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.

Practice doing everything without grumbling and disputing,

For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you. I mean this, that one of you says, "I belong to Paul's party," another, "And I belong to Apollos' party," another, "And I belong to Cephas' party," another, "And I belong to Christ's party."

but one brother has to go to law with another, and that before unbelieving judges?

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.

But if you continue to bite and eat one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another.

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, intrigues, dissensions, party-spirit,

Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show by his noble living that his good deeds are done in humility, which wisdom prompts. But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth. This is not the kind of wisdom that comes down from above; no, it is earthly, human, demoniacal. read more.
For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and all sorts of evil practices.

Let us live becomingly for people who are in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, nor in sexual immorality and licentiousness, nor in quarreling and jealousy.

Paul, however, did not consider such a man fit to take along with them, the man who deserted them in Pamphylia and did not go on with them to the work. The disagreement was so sharp that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

When he said that, an angry dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the crowded court was divided. For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection, and no such thing as an angel or spirit, but the Pharisees believe in all of them. So there was a vociferous yelling until some of the scribes, belonging to the party of the Pharisees, got up and fiercely contended, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or angel has really spoken to him!" read more.
Since the dispute kept growing hotter and hotter, the colonel became alarmed that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, and so ordered the army to march down and take him out of their hands and bring him back to the barracks.

The disagreement was so sharp that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and all sorts of evil practices.

When he said that, an angry dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the crowded court was divided.

These words again led to a difference of opinion among the Jews.

So, as a dire disturbance and a serious discussion had been created between Paul and Barnabas and them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas and some others from their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.

What causes wars and quarrels among you? Is it not your different desires which are ever at war within your bodies? You desire things and cannot have them, and so you commit murder.

So, as a dire disturbance and a serious discussion had been created between Paul and Barnabas and them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas and some others from their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.