TOPICAL BIBLE
Strife
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Genesis 13:6and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;Genesis 13:7and there is a strife between those feeding Abram’s cattle and those feeding Lot’s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite are then dwelling in the land.Genesis 13:8And Abram saith unto Lot, ‘Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we are men—brethren.Genesis 21:25And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have taken violently away,Genesis 26:20and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, ‘The water is ours;’ and he calleth the name of the well ‘Strife,’ because they have striven habitually with him;Genesis 26:21and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name ‘Hatred.’Genesis 26:22And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, ‘For—now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.’Genesis 31:36And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, ‘What is my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?Genesis 45:24And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, ‘Be not angry in the way.’Deuteronomy 1:12‘How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?Judges 11:2and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife’s sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, ‘Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.’Judges 12:1And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, ‘Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.’Judges 12:2And Jephthah saith unto them, ‘A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,Judges 12:3and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand—and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?’Judges 12:4And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite Ephraim, because they said, ‘Fugitives of Ephraim are ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim—in the midst of Manasseh.’Judges 12:5And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim say, ‘Let me pass over,’ and the men of Gilead say to him, ‘An Ephramite thou?’ and he saith, ‘No;’Judges 12:6that they say to him, ‘Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;’ and he saith, ‘Sibboleth,’ and is not prepared to speak right—and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.2 Samuel 19:41And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, ‘Wherefore have they stolen thee—our brethren, the men of Judah?’ (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).2 Samuel 19:42And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, ‘Because the king is near unto us, and why is this—ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king’s substance? a gift hath he lifted up to us?’2 Samuel 19:43And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, ‘Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?’ And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.Psalm 31:20Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.Psalm 55:9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.Psalm 80:6Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.Proverbs 6:12A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth,Proverbs 6:13Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.Proverbs 6:16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul.Proverbs 6:17Eyes high—tongues false—And hands shedding innocent blood—Proverbs 6:18A heart devising thoughts of vanity—Feet hasting to run to evil—Proverbs 6:19A false witness who doth breathe out lies—And one sending forth contentions between brethren.Proverbs 10:12Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.Proverbs 13:10A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.Proverbs 15:18A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.Proverbs 16:28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.Proverbs 17:19Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.Proverbs 18:19A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.Proverbs 19:13A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.Proverbs 20:3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.Proverbs 22:10Cast out a scorner—and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?Proverbs 23:30Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.Proverbs 25:8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?Proverbs 25:24Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.Proverbs 26:17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.Proverbs 26:20Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,Proverbs 26:21Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,Proverbs 28:25Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.Proverbs 30:33For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!Isaiah 41:11Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.Isaiah 41:12Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.Isaiah 58:4Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as to -day, To sound in the high place your voice.Habakkuk 1:3Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,Matthew 5:25‘Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,
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