Quotes about Strife
Every unmortified sin will certainly do two things: [1.] It will weaken the soul, and deprive it of its vigour. [2.] It will darken the soul, and deprive it of its comfort and peace.
- John Owen
Now think of the things which goad man into destroying man: they are hope, envy, hatred, fear and contempt.
- Marcus Aurelius
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
- Washington Irving
Both condemnation and fear can cause a Believer to live in a condition of mental torment.
- Perry Stone
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
- Genesis 16:12
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
- Genesis 26:21
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- Genesis 26:35
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Numbers 20:3
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
- Deuteronomy 28:29
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.
- 2 Samuel 22:44
And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- 1 Kings 15:6
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5