Strife: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

• Gen 13:8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and
• Gen 45:24 Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he
• Deu 1:12 But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
• Psa 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of
• Psa 55:9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife
• Psa 80:6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
• Pro 3:20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds
• Pro 6:12–14, 16–19 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, /
• Pro 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
• Pro 13:10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
• Pro 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms
• Pro 16:28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
• Pro 17:1, 14, 19 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting
• Pro 18:6, 19 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. / An
• Pro 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a
• Pro 20:3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
• Pro 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered
• Pro 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and
• Pro 23:29, 30 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has