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30 Bible Verses About Division

  1. Matthew 12:25:

    “Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.’”

  2. Mark 3:24:

    “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.”

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:10:

    “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.”

  4. Romans 16:17:

    “I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.”

  5. 1 Corinthians 3:3:

    “You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?”

  6. John 17:21:

    “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

  7. Galatians 5:20-21:

    “…idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

  8. Titus 3:10:

    “Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.”

  9. 1 Corinthians 11:18-19:

    “In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.”

  10. James 4:1:

    “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?”

  11. Ephesians 4:3:

    “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

  12. Proverbs 6:16-19:

    “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”

  13. 1 Corinthians 12:25:

    “so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.”

  14. Philippians 2:3:

    “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”

  15. Proverbs 16:28:

    “A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.”

  16. Proverbs 22:10:

    “Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.”

  17. 1 Corinthians 11:18:

    “…when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.”

  18. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13:

    “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”

  19. Romans 12:16:

    “Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.”

  20. Matthew 10:35:

    “For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—”

  21. Proverbs 17:14:

    “Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.”

  22. 1 Corinthians 3:4:

    “For when one says, ‘I follow Paul,’ and another, ‘I follow Apollos,’ are you not mere human beings?”

  23. 1 Corinthians 1:11-13:

    “My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’; another, ‘I follow Cephas’; still another, ‘I follow Christ.’ Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?”

  24. 1 Corinthians 14:33:

    “For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.”

  25. Proverbs 6:19:

    “a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”

  26. 1 Corinthians 1:12:

    “What I mean is this: One of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’; another, ‘I follow Cephas’; still another, ‘I follow Christ.’”

  27. James 3:16:

    “For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”

  28. Philippians 1:27:

    “Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel.”

  29. 1 Corinthians 3:8-9:

    “The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.”

  30. Galatians 5:15:

    “If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”