Bible Verses About Workplace Conflict

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

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

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

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

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

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

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

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

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

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

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

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

Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

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

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

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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

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

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:

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

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

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

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

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

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

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.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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