'Contention' in the Bible
By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.