Bible Verses about 'Strife'
| Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. |
| A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. | A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. |
| Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
| A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. | A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. |
| Through overconfidence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel. | By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom. |
| Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. | Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
| For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. | For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. |
| Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves. | Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. |
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