1 Timothy 6:4

New King James Version

he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

Cross References

Proverbs 13:7

There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

Proverbs 25:14

Whoever falsely boasts of giving Is like clouds and wind without rain.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Isaiah 58:4

Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high.

Acts 15:2

Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.

Acts 18:15

But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.”

Acts 8:9

But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

Romans 14:1

Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.

Romans 2:8

but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,

1 Corinthians 11:16

But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

1 Corinthians 11:18

For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:

Philippians 2:14

Do all things without complaining and disputing,

Philippians 2:3

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

1 Timothy 1:4

nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.

1 Timothy 1:7

desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

1 Timothy 3:6

not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

2 Timothy 2:14

Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.

2 Timothy 2:23

But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.

James 1:19

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error.

Jude 1:10

But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—