²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

¹⁶ For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.^(A)

¹⁵ If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Psalm 133

The Blessedness of Unity

A Song of Ascents.

⁴ But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.^(A)

⁷ Thus strife arose between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land.^(A)

⁸ Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me and between your herders and my herders, for we are kindred.^(B)