Bible Verses About Quarrelsome

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.”

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

“A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike —”

“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.”

“Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.”

“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.”

“Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.”

“But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.”

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