Bible Verses About Family Conflict Resolution

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.

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

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

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.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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

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

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

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

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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

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

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

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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

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

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.