Bible Verses About Conflict Situations

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

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

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

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

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

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

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

And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

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

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

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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.

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

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

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

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:

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

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

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

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

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

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

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

And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: