- 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.’”
- Mark 3:24:
“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.”
- Mark 3:25:
“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
- Luke 11:17:
“Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: ‘Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.’”
- John 7:43:
“Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.”
- John 9:16:
“Some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.’ But others asked, ‘How can a sinner perform such signs?’ So they were divided.”
- John 10:19:
“The Jews who heard these words were again divided.”
- Acts 23:7:
“When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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?”
- 1 Corinthians 11:18:
“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.”
- Galatians 5:20-21:
“Idolatry, 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.”
- Ephesians 4:3:
“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
- Titus 3:9:
“But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.”
- James 3:16:
“For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.”
- 1 Kings 11:11:
“So the Lord said to Solomon, ‘Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.’”
- Psalm 133:1:
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
- Proverbs 6:19:
“A false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”
- Proverbs 15:18:
“A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.”
- Proverbs 16:28:
“A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.”
- Proverbs 17:14:
“Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.”
- Proverbs 18:6:
“The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.”
- Proverbs 22:10:
“Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.”
- Romans 16:17-18:
“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. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:19:
“No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.”
- Galatians 5:15:
“If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”
- James 4:1:
“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?”
- 1 Timothy 6:3-5:
“If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.”
- Titus 1:10-11:
“For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.”