Bible Verses About Quarrels

“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.”

“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.”

“To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.”

“It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.”

“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.”

“A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.”

“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”

“Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.”

“He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.”

“An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.”

“But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.”

“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.”

“A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.”

“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.”

“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.”

“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.”

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”

“A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.”

“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. What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?”

“My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.”

“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.”