Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5760 Human attitudes and behaviour » 5924 quarrelsomeness
The evil of quarrelling
James 4:1-2 See also Exodus 21:18-19; Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 22:10; Proverbs 26:20-21; Proverbs 27:15-16; Proverbs 30:33; 2 Timothy 2:23
Quarrelsomeness is unfitting for God's people
1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Timothy 3:2-3 See also Proverbs 17:19; Isaiah 58:4; Romans 13:12-14; 2 Corinthians 12:20; 1 Timothy 6:3-5; 2 Timothy 2:14,23-24
Examples of quarrelsomeness
1 Corinthians 1:10-12 See also Genesis 13:7-8; Genesis 26:20-22; Exodus 17:1-7 NIV footnote at verse 7; Numbers 20:1-13 NIV footnote at verse 13; Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 95:8 fn; Psalm 106:32; Mark 9:33-34 pp Luke 9:46; Luke 22:24; Philippians 4:2-3
See also
5789 anger 5834 disagreement 5964 temper 6221 rebellion 8828 spite
