44 Bible Verses about division
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that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.
For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.
These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be.
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was division among them.
And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.
And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah;
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers houses of your brethren the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers house of the Levites.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy'substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: read more.
and a man's foes'shall be they of his own household.
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: read more.
for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. read more.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. read more.
But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
Division » Who is divided
for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you. read more.
When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper: for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Division » Not being divided
Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them that are of the household of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. read more.
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, save Crispus and Gaius; lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren,'saying , Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Division Of Waters
Genesis 1:6-7And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
