Nave Scripture-reference index
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151 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Genesis 13:6 (KJV)
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis 13:7 (KJV)
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis 13:8 (KJV)
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis 21:25 (KJV)
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 26:20 (KJV)
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Genesis 26:21 (KJV)
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 26:22 (KJV)
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Genesis 31:36 (KJV)
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Genesis 45:24 (KJV)
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
Deuteronomy 1:12 (KJV)
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Judges 11:2 (KJV)
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges 12:1 (KJV)
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
Judges 12:2 (KJV)
And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
Judges 12:3 (KJV)
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Judges 12:4 (KJV)
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
Judges 12:5 (KJV)
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Judges 12:6 (KJV)
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
2 Samuel 19:41 (KJV)
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Samuel 19:42 (KJV)
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
2 Samuel 19:43 (KJV)
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Psalms 31:20 (KJV)
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 55:9 (KJV)
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 80:6 (KJV)
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Proverbs 3:20 (KJV)
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Proverbs 6:12 (KJV)
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs 6:13 (KJV)
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Proverbs 6:14 (KJV)
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 6:16 (KJV)
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:17 (KJV)
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:18 (KJV)
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 6:19 (KJV)
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 10:12 (KJV)
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 13:10 (KJV)
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:18 (KJV)
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:28 (KJV)
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 17:1 (KJV)
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 17:14 (KJV)
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 17:19 (KJV)
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 18:6 (KJV)
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:19 (KJV)
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
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