44 Bible Verses about division
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that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be."'"
For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Now it happened, while he was performing the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you 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 is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
"Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I did not come 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 will 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 divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.
Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
Therefore a division arose again among the Jewish people because of these words.
It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the armies of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
And knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD;
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
But whoever denies me before people, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. read more.
And a man's foes will be those of his own household.
"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished. Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. read more.
For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. They will 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 to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. read more.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges. read more.
But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
Division » Who is divided
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not walk in the ways of men? For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not men? Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? read more.
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.
But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse. For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it. For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you. read more.
When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunk.
Division » Not being divided
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ." read more.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one should say that you had been baptized into my own name. (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I do not know whether I baptized any other.) For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to proclaim the Good News?not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
Division Of Waters
Genesis 1:6-7God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you 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 you baptized into the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.