76 Bible Verses About Arguments

And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.