'Strife' in the Bible
How can I bear you {by myself}, your burden and your load and your strife?
You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me.
"And he is reproved with pain on his bed, even [with] the strife of his bones continually,
You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations. People I did not know served me;
You will hide them in the protection of your presence from [the] plots of man. You will hide them in a shelter from [the] strife of tongues.
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
You have made us [an object of] strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves.
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.
Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.
A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.
[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.
Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.
[As] charcoal [is] to hot embers and wood [is] to fire, so a man of quarrels [is] to kindling strife.
The {greedy person} will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.
A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.
For pressing milk produces curd, and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing {anger} produces strife.
For {Yahweh has a day of vengeance}, a year of retribution for the strife of Zion.
Look! You fast to quarrel and strife, and to strike with a {wicked fist}. You shall not fast as [you do] {today}, to {make your voice heard} on the height.
Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.
And [after] there was no little strife and debate by Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,
Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.
for you are still fleshly. For where [there is] jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not live like [unregenerate] people?
For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,
Some even because of envy and strife preach Christ, but some also because of good will.
he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,