Resolving Conflict

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: — read the full passage →

Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ; — read the full passage →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, — read the full passage →

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord. — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →