40 Most Powerful Bible Scriptures on Strife

Here are the 40 most powerful Bible scriptures on strife.

Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 16:28
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 29:22
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

1 Corinthians 3:3
For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

Deuteronomy 1:12
How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?

Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.

Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

Isaiah 41:11
“Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.”

Isaiah 58:4
“Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.”

James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

James 4:1
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

Mark 3:24
“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.”

Mark 3:25
“And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.”

Philippians 2:14
Do all things without grumbling or questioning.

Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Proverbs 13:10
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 17:19
Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 21:19
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Proverbs 22:10
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 26:17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:21
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Proverbs 28:25
A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 30:33
For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.

Psalm 31:20
In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.

Romans 12:18
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Romans 13:13
Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Romans 14:1
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Romans 16:17
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Romans 2:8
But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

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