Bible Verses About Cultural Conflicts

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

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

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

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

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.

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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.

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

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

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

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

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

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: