TOPICAL BIBLE
Strife
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Genesis 13:6The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.Genesis 13:7There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.Genesis 13:8Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.Genesis 21:25Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.Genesis 26:20The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.Genesis 26:21They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.Genesis 26:22He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”Genesis 31:36Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”Deuteronomy 1:12How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?Judges 11:2Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, “You shall not inherit in our father’s house; for you are the son of another woman.”Judges 12:1The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”Judges 12:2Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.Judges 12:3When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to 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 struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.”Judges 12:5The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No;”Judges 12:6then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth;” for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it right: then they siezed him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.2 Samuel 19:41Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”2 Samuel 19:42All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”2 Samuel 19:43The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.Psalm 31:20In 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.Psalm 55:9Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 80:6You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;Proverbs 6:13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;Proverbs 6:14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.Proverbs 6:16There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,Proverbs 6:19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.Proverbs 13:10Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.Proverbs 16:28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.Proverbs 17:19He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.Proverbs 18:19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.Proverbs 20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?Proverbs 23:30Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.Proverbs 25:8Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.Proverbs 26:17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.Proverbs 26:20For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.Proverbs 26:21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:Proverbs 28:25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.”Isaiah 41:11Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.Isaiah 41:12You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.Isaiah 58:4Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don’t fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.Habakkuk 1:3Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.Matthew 5:25Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
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