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Strong's Hebrew

4066. madon -- strife, contention
... Word Origin from din Definition strife, contention NASB Word Usage contention (4),
contentions (3), contentious (5), object of contention (1), strife (7). ...
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7379. rib -- strife, dispute
... rib Definition strife, dispute NASB Word Usage adversary (1), case (11), cause
(9), complaint (2), contend (1), contention (1), contentions (3), controversy (1 ...
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Library

Whence the Contentions of Philosophers have Sprung. Against those ...
... Argument XIV."Whence the Contentions of Philosophers Have Sprung. Against
Those Who Catch at Everything that Meets Them, and Give ...
/.../argument xiv whence the contentions of.htm

Titus iii. 11-Aug
... But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings
about the law, for they are unprofitable and vain. ...
/.../homily vi titus iii 11-aug.htm

Thirdly, the Peculiar Manner and Circumstances with which the ...
... The many contentions, indeed, about opinions of great uncertainty and little importance,
which, to the very great scandal of Christianity, have in several ages ...
/.../xii proposition xii thirdly the.htm

1 Cor. I. 10
... [4.] What was "declared? "That there are contentions among you." Thus, when he is
rebuking them, he saith, "That there be no divisions among you;" but when he ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily iii 1 cor i.htm

After the Synod, the East and the West are Separated; the West ...
... The Church throughout the whole of the West in its entirety regulated itself by
the doctrines of the Fathers, and kept aloof from all contentions and hair ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xiii after the synod the.htm

Exhortation to Wisdom, Though Wisdom is God's Gift.
... why did the preaching of this grace not deter the Apostle James from rebuking restless
souls, and saying, "If ye have bitter envying, and contentions are in ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 44 exhortation to wisdom though.htm

Whether Likeness is a Cause of Love?
... But likeness is the cause of hatred; for it is written (Prov.13:10) that "among
the proud there are always contentions"; and the Philosopher says (Ethic. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether likeness is a cause.htm

The Supposed Effects of Christianity.
... for what is public history but register of the successes and disappointments, the
vices, the follies, and the quarrels, of those who engage in contentions power ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/chapter vii the supposed effects.htm

To the Reader.
... with the due bounds and limits of either: And the like hath fallen out in Churches,
and is continued to this day in the sharpest contentions (though now the ...
/.../cotton/the keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof/to the reader.htm

"But if Ye have Bitter Envying," &C.
... I can give no instance more pregnant, and even common, than this which is given
here, viz., contentions and strivings among brethren, bitter envying, maligning ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon v but if ye.htm

Thesaurus

Contentions (20 Occurrences)
...Contentions (20 Occurrences). ... Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes,
jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion, (DBY). ...
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Contentious (13 Occurrences)
... all men. (WEB WEY ASV DBY). Proverbs 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to
cease, And parteth between the mighty. (See JPS). Proverbs ...
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Contention (24 Occurrences)
... "By pride cometh only contention" (Proverbs 13:10). The contentions at Corinth
(1 Corinthians 1:11) called forth the rebukes of Paul. ...
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Roof (55 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 21:9 Better to sit on a corner of
the roof, Than 'with' a woman of contentions and a house of company. ...
/r/roof.htm - 24k

Corinthians (3 Occurrences)
... He had heard of the abuses and contentions that had arisen among them, first from
Apollos (Acts 19:1), and then from a letter they had written him on the ...
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Quarrels (10 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 1:11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by
those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. ...
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Quarreling (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 1:11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by
those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you. ...
/q/quarreling.htm - 11k

Keys (2 Occurrences)
... Compare Mason in Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible (five volumes), IV, 30.) 3. How
Peter Is Related to These Powers: Ecclesiastical contentions turn especially ...
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Raving (4 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath
complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? (See JPS). ...
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Redness (2 Occurrences)
... Redness (2 Occurrences). Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath
contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? ...
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Bible Concordance

Contentions (20 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 1:11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
(DBY)

2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.
(DBY WBS)

Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

James 4:1 What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
(WEY)

2 Samuel 22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
(See JPS NAS)

Job 13:6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
(See NAS)

Psalms 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
(See JPS NAS)

Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness 'is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
(YLT)

Proverbs 6:19 A false witness 'who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
(YLT)

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
(YLT)

Proverbs 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Proverbs 21:9 Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than 'with' a woman of contentions and a house of company.
(YLT)

Proverbs 21:19 Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than 'with' a woman of contentions and anger.
(YLT)

Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Proverbs 25:24 Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than 'with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
(YLT)

Proverbs 26:21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
(YLT)

Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
(YLT)

Subtopics

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