Strife

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

…he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,