44 Bible Verses about division
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so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.
These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow."'"
For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.
Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.
You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.
All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war -- who went out to battle -- and the other for all the community.
Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.
Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.
At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.
Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.
He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord's temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord's temple.
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.
idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
"I have come to bring fire on the earth -- and how I wish it were already kindled!
Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.
David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them.
The eighth, assigned the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, read more.
and a man's enemies will be the members of his household.
"I have come to bring fire on the earth -- and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished! Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! read more.
For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand. So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls. So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
Division » Who is divided
for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people? For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human? What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work. We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.
Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident. read more.
Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper. For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.
Division » Not being divided
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose. For members of Chloe's household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you. Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ." read more.
Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name! (I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
Division Of Waters
Genesis 1:6-7God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.