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Want to know what the Bible says about Strife? Here are 200 Bible verses about Strife from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 14:19 NIV
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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Proverbs 21:19 NIV
Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
110
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
109
Proverbs 13:10 NIV
Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
107
Proverbs 17:1 NIV
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.
107
Proverbs 30:33 NIV
For as churning cream produces butter,
    and as twisting the nose produces blood,
    so stirring up anger produces strife.”
105
1 Corinthians 3:3 NIV
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?
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Proverbs 17:19 NIV
Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
    whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
100
Proverbs 26:21 NIV
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
98
Galatians 5:15 NIV
If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
94
Proverbs 25:24 NIV
Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
91
Isaiah 58:4 NIV
Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard on high.
88
Romans 12:18 NIV
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
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Romans 2:8 NIV
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
88
1 Timothy 1:5-7 NIV
5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
85
Mark 3:25 NIV
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
84
Romans 13:13 NIV
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
80
Isaiah 41:11 NIV
“All who rage against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
    will be as nothing and perish.
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Isaiah 41:11 NIV
“All who rage against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
    will be as nothing and perish.
79
Deuteronomy 1:12 NIV
But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?
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