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 who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
For there must be also heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you.
These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to-morrow shall this sign be.
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Now 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 joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
And it came to pass, that, while he executed the priests' office before God in the order of his course,
For from henceforth 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 ye baptized in the name of Paul?
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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 armies.
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
And it came to pass, at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD departed from the land of Egypt.
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to 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 the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
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, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled?
And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
And his host, and those that were numbered of it, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, 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 goods that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come 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 will be they of his own household.
I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division: read more.
For from henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to 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 children expel them? therefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through 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 with the finger of God cast out demons, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Division » Who is divided
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? read more.
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God hath given the increase. So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor. For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Now in this that I declare to you, 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 there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you. read more.
When therefore ye come together in one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before another his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Division » Not being divided
Now 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 joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. For it hath been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every 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 in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ hath not sent me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5And certain men who came down from Judea, taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner 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, 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 joined 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 in 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; and a house divided against a house falleth.
