Bible verses about "strife" | YLT

²² An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

²⁰ Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

¹⁴ The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

²⁵ Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

¹⁰ Cast out a scorner—and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

¹⁶ These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul. ¹⁷ Eyes high—tongues false—And hands shedding innocent blood— ¹⁸ A heart devising thoughts of vanity—Feet hasting to run to evil— ¹⁹ A false witness who doth breathe out lies—And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

¹⁸ A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

¹⁵ `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; <sup>16</sup> and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand. <sup>17</sup> `And if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

¹⁹ And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, ²¹ envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

¹⁴ and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; ¹⁵ this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like, ¹⁶ for where zeal and rivalry are, there is insurrection and every evil matter;

¹² Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

²⁸ A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

³ An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

²³ and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife, ²⁴ and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, ²⁵ in meekness instructing those opposing—if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,