Quotes About Conflict

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one anotherís flesh.”

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.

On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

You have heard that it was said, ëEye for eye and tooth for tooth.í

You have heard that it was said, ëLove your neighborí and ëHate your enemy.í

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For I have come to turn ëa man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

A manís enemies will be the members of his own household.í

But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong manís house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.