Bible Verses About Conflict Resolution
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for conflict resolution, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,587 votes, led by Matthew 18:15-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Conflict Resolution
Matthew 18:15-17518 votes
Moreover 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.
James 1:19376 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 15:1335 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Romans 12:17-21285 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Matthew 5:9218 votes
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Philippians 2:4191 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Colossians 3:13174 votes
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Luke 17:3155 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Proverbs 16:7137 votes
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Ephesians 4:26126 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Matthew 5:24125 votes
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Leviticus 19:18117 votes
Thou 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.
Ephesians 4:31100 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
James 1:2-498 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
1 Corinthians 13:1-1392 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Matthew 18:1778 votes
And 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.
1 Corinthians 6:1-773 votes
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Matthew 18:1569 votes
Moreover 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.
Galatians 6:166 votes
Brethren, 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.
Ephesians 4:29-5:464 votes
Let 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.
Proverbs 19:1163 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Luke 17:460 votes
And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Deuteronomy 1:1751 votes
Ye 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.
2 Timothy 3:1649 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Hebrews 12:1546 votes
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
What does the Bible say about conflict resolution?
Readers most often cite Matthew 18:15-17 on the subject of conflict resolution. Across 5,587 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:19, Proverbs 15:1, Romans 12:17-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.