Bible Verses About Rivalry

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

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

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

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

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

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

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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?

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

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

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

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

Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

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.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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

For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

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 from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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?