Bible Verses About Conflict Management

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;