Strife
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Strife’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 1–24 of 183 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Genesis 13:8 OT
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
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So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
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How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
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Psalms 31:20 OT
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
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Psalms 55:9 OT
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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Psalms 80:6 OT
You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
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By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
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A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth, who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers, in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows…
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There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, a false…
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Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
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Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
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A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
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A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
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Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
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The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
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He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
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A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
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A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
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Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
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Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.