100 Bible Verses about Resolving Conflict (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about resolving conflict, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Matthew 18:15-17 KJV

¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear …

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Ephesians 4:31-32 KJV

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: ³²And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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Proverbs 15:1 KJV

¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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Matthew 18:15 KJV

¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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Matthew 5:9 KJV

⁹Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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Colossians 3:13 KJV

¹³Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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Ephesians 4:26 KJV

²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

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James 4:1-6 KJV

¹From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? ²Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. ³Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. ⁴Ye adulterers and adulteresses, …

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Luke 17:3 KJV

³Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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Matthew 5:24 KJV

²⁴Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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James 1:19-21 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: ²⁰For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ²¹Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Luke 6:27 KJV

²⁷But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

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James 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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Hebrews 12:14-15 KJV

¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: ¹⁵Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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Matthew 7:5 KJV

⁵Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

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Philippians 2:4 KJV

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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Proverbs 17:14 KJV

¹⁴The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

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Ephesians 4:15-16 KJV

¹⁵But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: ¹⁶From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KJV

¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. ³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body …

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Matthew 5:23-24 KJV

²³Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; ²⁴Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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John 7:24 KJV

²⁴Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

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Proverbs 15:18 KJV

¹⁸A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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Matthew 18:16 KJV

¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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1 Corinthians 6:1-8 KJV

¹Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? ²Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? ³Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? ⁴If then ye have …

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James 1:19 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Romans 12:18 KJV

¹⁸If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

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James 4:1 KJV

¹From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

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Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

²³Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Proverbs 16:28 KJV

²⁸A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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Romans 12:17-19 KJV

¹⁷Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. ¹⁸If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. ¹⁹Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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Matthew 5:25 KJV

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Proverbs 18:13 KJV

¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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Proverbs 16:7 KJV

⁷When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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Matthew 18:1-35 KJV

¹At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, ³And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as …

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Ephesians 4:31 KJV

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

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Romans 12:20 KJV

²⁰Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

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Galatians 6:1 KJV

¹Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

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Exodus 14:14 KJV

¹⁴The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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Romans 12:17-21 KJV

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Leviticus 19:18 KJV

¹⁸Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

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1 John 4:7-8 KJV

⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Matthew 18:17 KJV

¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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James 1:19-20 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: ²⁰For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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Matthew 5:23 KJV

²³Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

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Ephesians 4:15 KJV

¹⁵But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

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1 Corinthians 13:5 KJV

⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Colossians 4:6 KJV

⁶Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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James 4:6 KJV

⁶But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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James 1:2-4 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; ³Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. ⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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Philippians 4:4 KJV

⁴Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

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Romans 8:7 KJV

⁷Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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Psalm 1:1-6 KJV

¹Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. ²But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. ³And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he …

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James 4:1-17 KJV

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Proverbs 19:11 KJV

¹¹The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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Hebrews 12:14 KJV

¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹²Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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Proverbs 28:25 KJV

²⁵He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

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Proverbs 13:10 KJV

¹⁰Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

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1 Peter 3:1 KJV

¹Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

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1 Corinthians 13:4 KJV

⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Proverbs 10:12 KJV

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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1 Peter 5:5 KJV

⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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James 3:17-18 KJV

¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

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Hebrews 12:15 KJV

¹⁵Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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Matthew 5:25-26 KJV

²⁵Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. ²⁶Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

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1 Peter 3:7 KJV

⁷Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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Philippians 2:1-2 KJV

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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John 13:34 KJV

³⁴A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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Matthew 18:15-16 KJV

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Ephesians 5:25 KJV

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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Ephesians 4:2-3 KJV

²With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; ³Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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Matthew 18:16-17 KJV

¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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Deuteronomy 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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Matthew 6:12 KJV

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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Ephesians 4:2 KJV

²With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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Philippians 2:3-4 KJV

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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1 Corinthians 13:6 KJV

⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

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1 Corinthians 12:25-27 KJV

²⁵That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. ²⁶And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. ²⁷Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

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Matthew 5:7 KJV

⁷Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 KJV

⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; ⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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Matthew 18:21-22 KJV

²¹Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? ²²Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

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Matthew 18:15-35 KJV

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Philippians 4:2-3 KJV

²I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. ³And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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Proverbs 29:2 KJV

²When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

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Ecclesiastes 7:9 KJV

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Ephesians 4:32 KJV

³²And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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Proverbs 27:6 KJV

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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1 John 4:20-21 KJV

²⁰If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? ²¹And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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1 Corinthians 5:5 KJV

⁵To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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1 Corinthians 5:1-13 KJV

¹It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. ²And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. ³For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, …

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Philippians 2:1-7 KJV

¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, ²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. ³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not …

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Matthew 19:26 KJV

²⁶But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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