30 Bible Verses For Family Conflict

“A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.”

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

“A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.”

“It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.”

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.”

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.”

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”

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

“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

“Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.”

“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.”

“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”

“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”

“When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.”

“Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.”

“For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”

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

“As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.”

“Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.”

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

“Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.”