Bible Verses About Resource Disputes

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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.

(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

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

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

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

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

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: