Bible Verses About Preventing Conflict
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for preventing conflict, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,431 votes, led by Romans 12:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Preventing Conflict
Romans 12:18165 votes
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Ephesians 4:26165 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Matthew 18:15-17158 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.
Matthew 5:9152 votes
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Proverbs 15:1144 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Matthew 18:15144 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.
Matthew 7:12139 votes
Therefore 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.
Matthew 5:23-24134 votes
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Matthew 5:24130 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.
Ephesians 4:29130 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.
Ephesians 4:22-32127 votes
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Proverbs 15:18126 votes
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Hebrews 12:14123 votes
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Philippians 4:13121 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
James 5:16119 votes
Confess 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.
James 1:19118 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 16:28117 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Revelation 1:1117 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
James 1:19-20116 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 28:25115 votes
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
Philippians 2:4115 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 Corinthians 13:4113 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ephesians 4:31112 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Matthew 5:23108 votes
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Ephesians 4:32108 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
What does the Bible say about preventing conflict?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:18 on the subject of preventing conflict. Across 10,431 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:26, Matthew 18:15-17, Matthew 5:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.