TOPICAL BIBLE
Strife
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Genesis 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.Genesis 13:7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.Genesis 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren.Genesis 21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.Genesis 26:20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.Genesis 26:21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.Genesis 26:22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.Genesis 31:36And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?Genesis 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.Deuteronomy 1:12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?Judges 11:2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou [art] the son of a strange woman.Judges 12:1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.Judges 12:2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.Judges 12:3And when I saw that ye 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: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?Judges 12:4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.Judges 12:5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;Judges 12:6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.2 Samuel 19:41And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?2 Samuel 19:42And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king [is] near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s [cost]? or hath he given us any gift?2 Samuel 19:43And 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 ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.Psalm 31:20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.Psalm 55:9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.Proverbs 6:12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.Proverbs 6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;Proverbs 6:14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.Proverbs 6:16These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:Proverbs 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,Proverbs 6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,Proverbs 6:19A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.Proverbs 13:10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.Proverbs 16:28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.Proverbs 17:1Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.Proverbs 17:19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.Proverbs 18:19A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.Proverbs 20:3[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.Proverbs 21:19[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?Proverbs 23:30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.Proverbs 25:24[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.Proverbs 26:17He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.Proverbs 26:21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Proverbs 28:25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.Proverbs 30:33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.Isaiah 41:11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.Isaiah 41:12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.Isaiah 58:4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high.Habakkuk 1:3Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention.Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
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