Quotes About Conflict

And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

But we told him, ëWe are honest men, not spies.

“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”

“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraimís head, he was displeased and took his fatherís hand to move it from Ephraimís head to Manassehís.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horseís heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaohís presence.

So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.

The enemy declared, ëI will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.í

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”

And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,