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Bible Verses About Strife
Find Bible verses about strife — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about strife?
The Bible addresses strife with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 10:12
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.”
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Proverbs 17:1
“Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.”
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Proverbs 26:21
“As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.”
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Psalms 31:20
“In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.”
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Proverbs 30:33
“For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."”
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Proverbs 17:14
“The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.”
Genesis 13:8
“Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.”
Proverbs 15:18
“A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.”
Proverbs 29:22
“An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.”
Proverbs 20:3
“It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.”
Proverbs 16:28
“A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.”
Proverbs 17:19
“He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.”
Proverbs 22:10
“Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.”
Proverbs 18:6
“A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.”
Jeremiah 15:10
“Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them does curse me.”
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