11 Bible Verses about Strife

Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found unto you such as you desire not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, conceit, tumults:

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For you are yet carnal: for while there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

I urge Euodias, and urge Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Therefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, since our advice was first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled then in the land.

And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' party arose, and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

How can I myself alone bear your weight, and your burden, and your strife?

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame. Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and disclose not a secret to another: Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and the evil report turns not away.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For you are yet carnal: for while there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God did trouble them with all adversity.

And lest your heart faint, and you fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumor, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in various places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; And charged them that they should not make him known: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, read more.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show justice to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did? read more.
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.

But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the ruin of the hearers.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found unto you such as you desire not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, conceit, tumults:

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth.

Only by pride comes strife: but with the well advised is wisdom.

He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be prospered.

A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife.

Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy of money; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting over questions and disputes of words, out of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,

But foolish and ignorant questions avoid, knowing that they do produce strifes.

A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be prospered.

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me.

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

[A Psalm of David.] Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me.

And if men strive together, and one strikes another with a stone, or with his fist, and he dies not, but keeps his bed:

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no mischief follows: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

But foolish and ignorant questions avoid, knowing that they do produce strifes.

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting over questions and disputes of words, out of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

But they held their peace: for on the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or has he given us any gift? And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, since our advice was first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

For you are yet carnal: for while there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?

Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

For you are yet carnal: for while there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, divisions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you beforehand, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do all things without murmuring and disputing:

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

How can I myself alone bear your weight, and your burden, and your strife?

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame. Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and disclose not a secret to another: Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and the evil report turns not away.

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the ruin of the hearers.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.

Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.

Only by pride comes strife: but with the well advised is wisdom.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another.

Why do you show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? for plundering and violence are before me: and there are those that raise up strife and contention. Therefore the law is slacked, and justice does never go forth: for the wicked does surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.

Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.

Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.

A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife.

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, divisions, heresies,

And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

And Jacob was angry, and upbraided Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good life his works with meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. read more.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or has he given us any gift? And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, since our advice was first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled then in the land.

But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they dug another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' party arose, and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God. read more.
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the barracks.

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Destroy, O Lord, and confuse their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled then in the land.

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Why passed you over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? we will burn your house upon you with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you delivered me not out of their hands. And when I saw that you delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up unto me this day, to fight against me? read more.
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so that when those Ephraimites who were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, are you an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

From where come wars and fightings among you? come they not from here, even of your lusts that war in your members?

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

And Jacob was angry, and upbraided Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, you shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.

How can I myself alone bear your weight, and your burden, and your strife?