'Contention' in the Bible
And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention; but he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat.
An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.