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What is Strife?
Strife is selfish effort or contention due to selfish ambition and pride.
Quick Facts On The Meaning of Strife:
- The word strife means selfish ambition driven by hatred, pride and violent dissension.
- In Scripture strife is associated with hatred, anger, contention, and sharp disagreement.
- Strife will not exist in a humble person who trusts in the Lord but you will find it in a prideful person who wants to get his own way.
- Strife can also be defined as bickering, discord, antagonism, or quarreling.
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Strife Synonyms
- conflict
- friction
- discord
- disagreement
- dissension
- variance
- dispute
- argument
- quarreling
- wrangling
- bickering
- controversy
- contention
Scripture Passages that Define What Strife and Conflict Mean Biblically
2 Timothy 2:23-25 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
- Proverbs 17:14 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- Proverbs 28:25 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Proverbs 22:10 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 15:18 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
- James 4:1 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 16:28 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
- Proverbs 20:3 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- Proverbs 29:22 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- Proverbs 26:20 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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