'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.