Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Romans 12:17-21Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with…
Romans 14:19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:23-24Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar…
Psalms 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 13:10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
2 Timothy 2:23-25But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all…
James 4:1-2From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and…
Ephesians 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Titus 3:9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
James 3:17-18But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality…
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 26:20-21Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so…
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Psalms 31:20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 16:28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 17:19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 23:29-30Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long…
Proverbs 26:17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 28:25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Proverbs 30:33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Isaiah 58:4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard…
Habakkuk 1:3-4Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and…
Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
1 Corinthians 1:10-13Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but…
1 Corinthians 3:3-4For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I…
1 Corinthians 11:16-19But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not…
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates…
Galatians 5:19-21Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance…
Philippians 1:15-16Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add…
Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Timothy 3:2-3A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine…
1 Timothy 6:3-5If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to…
James 3:14-16But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is…
Psalms 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Isaiah 41:11-12Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall…
Matthew 10:34-36Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father…
Luke 12:51-53Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided…
Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Titus 3:1-3Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, To speak evil of no man, to be no…
Psalms 133:1[A Song of degrees of David.] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall…
Job 5:23-24For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. And thou shalt know that thy…
Psalms 120:6-7My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Jeremiah 29:7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall…
Zechariah 8:19Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall…
Mark 9:50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Colossians 3:13-15Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all…
1 Thessalonians 5:13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
1 Timothy 2:2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
2 Timothy 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
1 Peter 3:10-11For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and…
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Philippians 2:14-15Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked…
Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Matthew 5:39-41But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue…
1 Corinthians 6:1-7Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge…
Galatians 5:15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
2 Timothy 2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the…
Genesis 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
Proverbs 3:30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Proverbs 6:12-14A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers…
Proverbs 6:16-19These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An…
Proverbs 20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge…
Matthew 18:15-17Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained…
Luke 9:52-56And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive…
Romans 14:1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Romans 16:17-18Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they…
1 Timothy 1:5-7Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have…
1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
1 Peter 2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Acts 7:26-29And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one…
Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.
Questions people ask.
What does the Bible say about arguments and making peace?
The Bible speaks to arguments and making peace in verses such as Romans 12:18, “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men”, and Romans 14:19, “Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another” (King James Version).
Which Bible verses about arguments and making peace are most loved?
Among the most loved is Romans 12:18, “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.” Others are Romans 14:19, Proverbs 15:1 and Matthew 5:9.