'Contention' in the Bible
A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
Woe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me.
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,
there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,
Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;