1. Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
2. 2 Timothy 2:23-24
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.
3. Philippians 2:14
Do all things without grumbling or disputing.
4. Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
5. Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
6. Proverbs 13:10
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
7. Proverbs 29:22
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
8. Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
9. Proverbs 3:30
Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.
10. Titus 3:1-2
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarrelling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
11. Proverbs 29:11
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
12. Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
13. Proverbs 18:1-2
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
14. 2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
15. Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
16. James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
17. 2 Timothy 2:16
But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness.
18. Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
19. Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
20. Proverbs 23:9
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
21. Philippians 2:14-16
Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labour in vain.
22. Proverbs 19:11
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offence.
23. 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …
24. 2 Timothy 2:24
And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.
25. Romans 14:1
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
26. James 3:9-12
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
27. 1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts honour Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defence to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
28. Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarrelling is a continual dripping of rain.
29. Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
30. Romans 12:18
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
31. 1 John 3:18
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
32. Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
33. 1 Corinthians 3:3
For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
34. 1 Peter 2:21
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
35. Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
36. James 4:1-3
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
37. 2 Timothy 2:23
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
38. Proverbs 26:4-5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
39. James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
40. Job 13:3
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
41. Romans 12:1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
42. Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
43. Matthew 5:23-24
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
44. Mark 9:14
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.
45. Proverbs 26:17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
46. 1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
47. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
48. Matthew 7:3
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
49. 2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
50. 1 Timothy 2:8
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarrelling.
51. 1 Timothy 3:2-3
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
52. Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
53. Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
54. Proverbs 30:33
For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
55. Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
