- Proverbs 21:19
- It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- Proverbs 26:21
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- Proverbs 27:15
- A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- Romans 2:8
- But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- 1 Corinthians 11:16
- But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.