Quotes About Conflict

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

In the womb he grasped his brotherís heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—

All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A manís enemies are the members of his own household.

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.

and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.