Proverbs 6:14

14with aperverted heart bdevises evil,
continually csowing discord;

Proverbs 16:28

28 dA dishonest man spreads strife,
and ea whisperer fseparates close friends.

Proverbs 22:10

10 gDrive out a scoffer, hand strife will go out,
and iquarreling and abuse will cease.

Proverbs 26:20

20For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no jwhisperer, kquarreling ceases.

2 Timothy 2:23

23Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant lcontroversies; you know that they breed quarrels.

James 3:14-16

14But if you have bitter mjealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15This is not nthe wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, odemonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

James 3:18

18And pa harvest of righteousness qis sown in peace by those who make peace.

3 John 9-10

9I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

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