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Arguments 2 Timothy 2:23–25

But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. / And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. / He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

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Arguments 2 Timothy 2:14

Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.

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Arguments James 4:1–3

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? / You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. / And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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Arguments 2 Timothy 2:16

But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,

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Arguments Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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Arguments 2 Corinthians 10:5

We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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Arguments Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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Arguments 1 Timothy 6:4

he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

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Arguments in the Church 1 Timothy 5:20

But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

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Arguments in the Church Philippians 2:14–16

Do everything without complaining or arguing, / so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world / as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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Arguments in the Church Galatians 2:11

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

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Arguments in the Church Romans 14:1

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

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Arguments in the Church Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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Atheism: Arguments Against Job 12:7–25

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. / Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. / Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

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Atheism: Arguments Against Romans 1:19, 20

For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

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