Bible Verses About Quarreling
Bible verses about Quarreling, from the Berean Standard Bible.
“It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.”
“To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.”
“But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.”
“A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.”
“But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless. Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition, knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.”
“What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.”
“A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.”
“Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.”
“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”
“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
“I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction. My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.”
“He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.”
“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.”
“He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.”
“A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.”
“If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.”
“As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.”
“It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.”
“But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.”
“Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.”
“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”
“Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.”
“For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.”
“You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.”
“He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.”
“A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.”
“Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.”
“For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.”
“An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.”
“Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah”
“God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.”
“A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.”
“A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.”
“Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”
“Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.”