What Does the Bible Say About Quarrels?

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Philippians 4:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

James 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

John 8:1-59 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Romans 11:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Daniel 12:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“You shall not murder.

19 Bible Verses about Quarrels

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Philippians 4:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 8:1-59 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 11:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Daniel 12:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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19 Bible Verses about Quarrels

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Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Philippians 4:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Philippians 4:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 8:1-59 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 11:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Daniel 12:1-3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote