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STRIFE & DIVISIONC
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. (Gen
13:7)
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. (Gen
13:8)
For ye rebelled
against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the
strife of the
congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes:
that is the water
of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. (Num
27:14)
How can I myself
alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and
your strife? (Deu
1:12)
And the men of
Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst
us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites? And
they did chide with him sharply. (Jdg 8:1)
Thus saith Yahweh,
Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return
every man to his house: for this thing is done of me.
And they obeyed the
words of Yahweh, and returned from going
against Jeroboam. (2Ch
11:4)
And conspired all
of them together to come and to fight against
Jerusalem, and to
hinder it. (Neh 4:8)
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. (Psa
31:20)
<A Psalm of
David > Plead my cause, O Yahweh, with them that
strive with me:
fight against them that fight against me. (Psa 35:1)
Destroy, O Yahweh,
and divide their tongues: for I have seen
violence and strife
in the city. (Psa 55:9)
Be merciful unto
me, O Elohim: for man would swallow me up; he
fighting daily
oppresseth me. (Psa 56:1)
Mine enemies would
daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight
against me, O thou
most High. (Psa 56:2)
Thou makest us a
strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh
among themselves. (Psa
80:6)
They angered him
also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with
Moses for their
sakes: (Psa 106:32)
Frowardness is in
his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth
discord. (Pro
6:14)
A false witness
that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren. (Pro
6:19)
Hatred stirreth up
strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Pro 10:12)
A wrathful man
stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth
strife. (Pro
15:18)
A froward man
soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
(Pro 16:28)
Better is a dry morsel,
and quietness therewith, than an house full of
sacrifices with
strife. (Pro 17:1)
The beginning of
strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave
off contention,
before it be meddled with. (Pro 17:14)
He loveth
transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate
seeketh
destruction. (Pro 17:19)
It is an honour for
a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be
meddling. (Pro
20:3)
Cast out the
scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall
cease. (Pro 22:10)
He that passeth by,
and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is
like one that
taketh a dog by the ears. (Pro 26:17)
Where no wood is,
there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the
strife ceaseth. (Pro 26:20)
As coals are to
burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man
to kindle strife. (Pro
26:21)
He that is of a
proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his
trust in Yahweh
shall be made fat. (Pro 28:25)
An angry man
stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in
transgression. (Pro
29:22)
Surely the churning
of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of
the nose bringeth
forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth
strife. (Pro
30:33)
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. (Isa 19:2)
Behold, ye fast for
strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of
wickedness: ye
shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be
heard on high. (Isa
58:4)
And they shall
fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee;
for I am with thee,
saith Yahweh, to deliver thee. (Jer 1:19)
Woe is me, my
mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a
man of contention
to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor
men have lent to me
on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. (Jer
15:10)
And I will make
thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they
shall fight against
thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am
with thee to save
thee and to deliver thee, saith Yahweh. (Jer 15:20)
And I myself will
fight against you with an outstretched hand and with
a strong arm, even
in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. (Jer 21:5)
And the Chaldeans,
that fight against this city, shall come and set fire
on this city, and
burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have
offered incense
unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other
Els, to provoke me
to anger. (Jer 32:29)
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. (Hab
1:3)
Therefore Herodias
had a quarrel against him, and would have killed
him; but she could
not: (Mar 6:19)
Suppose ye that I
am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but
rather division: (Luk
12:51)
And there was also
a strife among them, which of them should be
accounted the
greatest. (Luk 22:24)
So there was a
division among the people because of him. (Joh 7:43)
Therefore said some
of the Pharisees, This man is not of Yahweh,
because he keepeth
not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man
that is a sinner do
such miracles? And there was a division among them.
(Joh 9:16)
There was a
division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
(Joh 10:19)
But if it be of
Yahweh, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be
found even to fight
against Yahweh. (Act 5:39)
And when he had so
said, there arose a dissension between the
Pharisees and the
Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. (Act 23: 7)
And there arose a
great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees'
part arose, and
strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit
or an angel hath
spoken to him, let us not fight against Yahweh.
(Act 23:9)
Let us walk
honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not
in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife and envying. (Rom 13:13)
Now I beseech you,
brethren, mark them which cause divisions and
offences contrary
to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid
them. (Rom
16:17)
Now I beseech you,
brethren, by the Name of our Master Yahushua
Messiah, that ye
all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions
among you; but that
ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
and in the same
judgment. (1Co 1:10)
For ye are yet
carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and
strife, and
divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (1Co 3:3)
For first of all,
when ye come together in the church, I hear that there
be divisions among
you; and I partly believe it. (1Co 11:18)
For, when we were
come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we
were troubled on
every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
(2Co 7:5)
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: (2Co
12:20)
Works of the felsh...Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, (Gal 5:20)
Some indeed preach
The Messiah even of envy and strife; and some also
of good will: (Phi
1:15)
Let nothing be done
through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of
mind let each
esteem other better than themselves. (Phi 2:3)
Forbearing one
another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against
any: even as The Messiah forgave you, so also do ye.
(Col 3:13)
He is proud,
knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of
words, whereof
cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, (1Ti 6:4)
O Timothy, keep
that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane
and vain babblings,
and oppositions of science falsely so called: (1Ti
6:20)
But foolish and
unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender
strifes. (2Ti
2:23)
But if ye have
bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie
not against the
truth. (Jam 3:14)
For where envying
and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
(Jam 3:16)
From whence come
wars and fightings among you? come they not
hence, even of your
lusts that war in your members? (Jam 4:1)
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. (Jam 4:2)
Repent; or else I
will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against
them with the sword
of my mouth. (Rev 2:16)
Shalom
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