Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
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Genesis 11:27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
Judges 9:26Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
Acts 7:26“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:6-10
Lot's Separation from Abram. ( b. c. 1917.) 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my… Read the whole commentary →