Memorize Scripture

Bible Verses About Resolving Conflict

Jesus gave plain instructions for conflict: go to the person, privately and soon. These passages teach you to make peace rather than win.

When to say them. Say them before you go to someone, before you reply, and when you would rather avoid the conversation altogether.

8 passages to memorize

Matthew 18:15 If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Romans 12:18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
An example of praying it: Father, as far as it is possible on my part, I want to live at peace with everyone, including this person. Show me my part in what has gone wrong. Give me the humility to take the first step.
Matthew 5:23–24 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Ephesians 4:1–3 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Proverbs 17:14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood;so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called sons of God.
Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath,but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Ephesians 4:26–27 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold.

You can pray any of these passages, memorized or not. How to pray scripture.

Answers from the site that go with these passages.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible or World English Bible, as you choose under “Bible text”. The coach’s voice is computer-generated.

Scripture lists

Build a list of passages for yourself or your group and share it in one link, or start from a list by topic.

How to memorize a passage

Listen first. Choose a passage and the coach reads it to you, reference and all.
Say it back. Out loud, a piece at a time. The coach listens and tells you which words to fix. The word of God is called a sword, and a sword is used.
Put it together. Each piece is added to the last until you can say the whole passage from memory.
Pray it. Turn the passage into your own prayer.

How to pray a scripture

Pick a passage that fits what you are facing.
Personalize it. Put your own name, your own trouble and your own thanks into the words.
Pray it aloud, every day for a week.

You can pray a passage with it open in front of you. Memorizing it lets you pray it anywhere.