100 Bible Verses about Families Fighting

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1,932 helpful votes

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

Ecclesiastes 3:8 ESV / 1,923 helpful votes

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

James 4:1-2 ESV / 1,805 helpful votes

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Matthew 10:35-37 ESV / 1,764 helpful votes

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

John 14:1-31 ESV / 1,533 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ...

Matthew 24:6 ESV / 1,531 helpful votes

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV / 1,477 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Ephesians 6:13 ESV / 1,383 helpful votes

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

Romans 13:4 ESV / 1,313 helpful votes

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 1,304 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 1,295 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 1,266 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 21:15 ESV / 1,246 helpful votes

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 1,230 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 1,226 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Psalm 127:3-5 ESV / 1,128 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV / 1,098 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

John 8:44 ESV / 1,076 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 1,072 helpful votes

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

John 8:14 ESV / 1,067 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 1,060 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 1,056 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 1,054 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 1,053 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 986 helpful votes

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; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 974 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Proverbs 15:20 ESV / 973 helpful votes

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 11:29 ESV / 973 helpful votes

Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 1:8 ESV / 965 helpful votes

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

Matthew 15:4 ESV / 962 helpful votes

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

Matthew 5:23-24 ESV / 962 helpful votes

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 957 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

John 3:16-17 ESV / 942 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Joshua 24:15 ESV / 862 helpful votes

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 842 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 827 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 827 helpful votes

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Matthew 18:15 ESV / 824 helpful votes

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

1 John 4:19 ESV / 818 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

Psalm 27:10 ESV / 803 helpful votes

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.

Proverbs 28:25 ESV / 802 helpful votes

A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 794 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Ephesians 6:1-2 ESV / 788 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 785 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Proverbs 15:27 ESV / 776 helpful votes

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Matthew 12:36-37 ESV / 765 helpful votes

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

1 John 4:20 ESV / 756 helpful votes

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 718 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

John 3:16 ESV / 705 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 689 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 676 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

John 14:26 ESV / 673 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Proverbs 3:6 ESV / 667 helpful votes

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 654 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Proverbs 6:20 ESV / 652 helpful votes

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Matthew 18:16 ESV / 645 helpful votes

But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

John 15:12 ESV / 636 helpful votes

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Romans 12:19 ESV / 630 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Acts 5:29 ESV / 629 helpful votes

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 625 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 3:14-15 ESV / 614 helpful votes

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 612 helpful votes

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

James 4:1 ESV / 600 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:24 ESV / 595 helpful votes

Leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 583 helpful votes

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 571 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 555 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Luke 15:7 ESV / 553 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Matthew 5:39 ESV / 552 helpful votes

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 549 helpful votes

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 497 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 469 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 463 helpful votes

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

John 10:10 ESV / 443 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Proverbs 17:14 ESV / 441 helpful votes

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Matthew 10:35 ESV / 433 helpful votes

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 429 helpful votes

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

John 14:6 ESV / 413 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:15 ESV / 408 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 8:32 ESV / 407 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 406 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 390 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 Timothy 6:12 ESV / 389 helpful votes

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Deuteronomy 3:22 ESV / 389 helpful votes

You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you.’

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 387 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

James 4:7 ESV / 383 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 383 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 382 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Romans 8:7 ESV / 375 helpful votes

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 374 helpful votes

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Exodus 15:3 ESV / 374 helpful votes

The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 373 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

John 18:36 ESV / 372 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

Psalm 144:1 ESV / 371 helpful votes

Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 350 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 342 helpful votes

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Nehemiah 4:14 ESV / 239 helpful votes

And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”

Romans 12:18 ESV / 216 helpful votes

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 210 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 190 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Suggest a Verse


Visit the Bible online to search for words if you don’t know the specific passage your’re looking for.