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Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and
herds and tents, so that the land could not support them if they
stayed together; their possessions were so great that they could
not dwell together. There were quarrels between the herdsmen of
Abram's livestock and those of Lot's. (At this time the Canaanites
and the Perizzites were occupying the land.) So Abram said to Lot:
"Let there be no strife between you and me, or between your
herdsmen and mine, for we are kinsmen. Is not the whole land at
your disposal? Please separate from me. If you prefer the left, I
will go to the right; if you prefer the right, I will go to the
left." [GEN 13:5-9]
Isaac was forty years old when he married
Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram and
the sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac entreated the LORD on
behalf of his wife, since she was sterile. The LORD heard his
entreaty, and Rebekah became pregnant. But the children in her
womb jostled each other so much that she exclaimed, "If this
is to be so, what good will it do me!" She went to consult
the LORD, and he answered her: "Two nations are in your womb,
two peoples are quarreling while still within you; But one shall
surpass the other, and the older shall serve the younger." [GEN
25:20-23]
But when Isaac's servants dug in the wadi and
reached spring water in their well, the shepherds of Gerar
quarreled with Isaac's servants, saying, "The water belongs
to us!" So the well was called Esek, because they had
challenged him there. Then they dug another well, and they
quarreled over that one too; so it was called Sitnah. When he had
moved on from there, he dug still another well; but over this one
they did not quarrel. It was called Rehoboth, because he said,
"The LORD has now given us ample room, and we shall flourish
in the land." [GEN 26:19-22]
From the desert of Sin the whole Israelite
community journeyed by stages, as the LORD directed, and encamped
at Rephidim. Here there was no water for the people to drink. They
quarreled, therefore, with Moses and said, "Give us water to
drink." Moses replied, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why
do you put the LORD to a test?" Here, then, in their thirst
for water, the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "Why
did you ever make us leave Egypt? Was it just to have us die here
of thirst with our children and our livestock?" So Moses
cried out to the LORD, "What shall I do with this people? A
little more and they will stone me!" The LORD answered Moses,
"Go over there in front of the people, along with some of the
elders of Israel, holding in your hand, as you go, the staff with
which you struck the river. I will be standing there in front of
you on the rock in Horeb. Strike the rock, and the water will flow
from it for the people to drink." This Moses did, in the
presence of the elders of Israel. The place was called Massah and
Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled there and tested the
LORD, saying, "Is the LORD in our midst or not?" [EX 17:1-7]
Among the Israelites there was a man born of an
Israelite mother (Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of
Dan) and an Egyptian father. This man quarreled publicly with
another Israelite and cursed and blasphemed the LORD'S name. So
the people brought him to Moses, who kept him in custody till a
decision from the LORD should settle the case for them. [LEV
24:10-12]
But the Ephraimites said to him, "What have
you done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against
Midian?" And they quarreled bitterly with him. "What
have I accomplished now in comparison with you?" he answered
them. "Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage
of Abiezer? Into your power God delivered the princes of Midian,
Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with
you?" When he said this, their anger against him subsided. [JUDG
8:1-3]
"Go," said the king of Aram. "I
will send along a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman
set out, taking along ten silver talents, six thousand gold
pieces, and ten festal garments. To the king of Israel he brought
the letter, which read: "With this letter I am sending my
servant Naaman to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy."
When he read the letter, the king of Israel tore his garments and
exclaimed: "Am I a god with power over life and death, that
this man should send someone to me to be cured of leprosy? Take
note! You can see he is only looking for a quarrel with me!" [2KGS
5:5-7]
In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some
Levites and priests and some of the family heads of Israel to
judge in the name of the LORD and to settle quarrels among the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. He gave them this command: "You
shall act faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.
And in every dispute that your brethren living in their cities
bring to you, whether it concerns bloodguilt or questions of law,
command, statutes, or judgments, warn them lest they become guilty
before the LORD and his wrath come upon you and your brethren. Do
that and you shall be guiltless. See now, Amariah is high priest
over you in everything that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah,
son of Ishmael, is leader of the house of Judah in all that
pertains to the king; and the Levites will be your officials. Act
firmly, and the LORD will be with the good." [Taken from
2CHRON 19:8-11]
After Josiah had done all this to restore the
temple, Neco, king of Egypt, came up to fight at Carchemish on the
Euphrates, and Josiah went out to intercept him. Neco sent
messengers to him, saying: "What quarrel is between us, king
of Judah? I have not come against you this day, for my war is with
another kingdom, and God has told me to hasten. Do not interfere
with God who is with me, as otherwise he will destroy you."
But Josiah would not withdraw from him, for he had sought a
pretext for fighting with him. Therefore he would not listen to
the words of Neco that came from the mouth of God, but went out to
fight in the plain of Megiddo. Then the archers shot King Josiah,
who said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am seriously
wounded." His servants removed him from his own chariot, placed him in another he had in reserve, and brought him to
Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his
ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned him. [2CHRON 35:20-24]
But a certain Simon, of the priestly course of
Bilgah, who had been appointed superintendent of the temple, had a
quarrel with the high priest about the supervision of the city
market. Since he could not prevail against Onias, he went to
Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria
and Phoenicia, and reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem
was so full of untold riches [Taken from 2MACC 3:4-6]
Quarrel not with a man without cause, with one
who has done you no harm. [PROV 3:30]
The start of strife is like the opening of a
dam; therefore, check a quarrel before it begins! [PROV 17:14]
In estrangement one seeks pretexts: with all
persistence he picks a quarrel. [PROV 18:1]
It is honorable for a man to shun strife, while
every fool starts a quarrel. [PROV 20:3]
It is better to dwell in a corner of the
housetop than in a roomy house with a quarrelsome woman. [PROV
21:9]
It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with
a quarrelsome and vexatious wife. [PROV 21:19]
It is better to dwell in a corner of the
housetop than in a roomy house with a quarrelsome woman. [PROV
25:24]
For a persistent leak on a rainy day the match
is a quarrelsome woman. [Taken from PROV 27:15]
When you gain a friend, first test him, and be
not too ready to trust him For one sort of friend is a friend when
it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress.
Another is a friend who becomes an enemy, and tells of the quarrel
to your shame. Another is a friend, a boon companion, who will not
be with you when sorrow comes. When things go well, he is your
other self, and lords it over your servants; But if you are
brought low, he turns against you and avoids meeting you. Keep
away from your enemies; be on your guard with your friends. [SIRACH
6:7-13]
Quarrel not with a rich man, lest he pay out the
price of your downfall; For gold has dazzled many, and perverts
the character of princes. [SIRACH 8:2]
Provoke no quarrel with a quick-tempered man,
nor ride with him through the desert, For bloodshed is nothing to
him; when there is no one to help you, he will destroy you. [SIRACH
8:16]
Avoid strife and your sins will be fewer, for a
quarrelsome man kindles disputes, Commits the sin of disrupting
friendship and sows discord among those at peace. The more wood,
the greater the fire, the more underlying it, the fiercer the
fight; The greater a man's strength, the sterner his anger, the
greater his power, the greater his wrath. Pitch and resin make
fires flare up, and insistent quarrels provoke bloodshed. [Taken
from SIRACH
28:8-11]
They seek me day after day, and desire to know
my ways, Like a nation that has done what is just and not
abandoned the law of their God; They ask me to declare what is due
them, pleased to gain access to God. "Why do we fast, and you
do not see it? afflict ourselves, and you take no note of
it?" Lo, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits,
and drive all your laborers. Yes, your fast ends in quarreling and
fighting...Would that today you might
fast so as to make your voice heard on high! Is this the manner of
fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance: That a man bow his
head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this
a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? This, rather, is the fasting
that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of
the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing
your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the
homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning
your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the
dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; Your vindication
shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear
guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall
cry for help, and he will say: Here I am! If you remove from your
midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you
bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then
light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall
become for you like midday; Then the LORD will guide you always
and give you plenty even on the parched land. He will renew your
strength, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring
whose water never fails. [Taken from ISA 58:2-11]
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,
"How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?" Jesus
said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life
within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal
life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true
food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks
my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father
sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who
feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that
came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still
died, whoever eats this bread will live forever." These
things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. Then
many of his disciples who were listening said, "This saying
is hard; who can accept it?" Since Jesus knew that his
disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, "Does
this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending
to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while
the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are
spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not
believe." Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would
not believe and the one who would betray him. And he said,
"For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me
unless it is granted him by my Father." As a result of this,
many (of) his disciples returned to their former way of life and
no longer accompanied him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, "Do
you also want to leave?" Simon Peter answered him,
"Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal
life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the
Holy One of God." [JN 6:52-69]
Avoid foolish and ignorant debates, for you know
that they breed quarrels. A slave of the Lord should not quarrel,
but should be gentle with everyone, able to teach, tolerant,
correcting opponents with kindness. It may be that God will grant
them repentance that leads to knowledge of the truth, and that
they may return to their senses out of the devil's snare, where
they are entrapped by him, for his will. [2TM 2:23-26]
I want you to insist on these points, that those
who have believed in God be careful to devote themselves to good
works; these are excellent and beneficial to others. Avoid foolish
arguments, genealogies, rivalries, and quarrels about the law, for
they are useless and futile. After a first and second warning,
break off contact with a heretic, realizing that such a person is
perverted and sinful and stands self-condemned. [Taken from TI 3:8-11]
Also try:
anger
/ anger of God [A3]
wrath
[W13a]
peace
/ peaceful / peaceable [P4a]
forgive
/ forgiveness [F10]
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