Bible Verses for Workplace Conflict
You spend more waking hours at work than almost anywhere else, and when those hours are poisoned by conflict, there is no easy escape.
The Biblical Picture
Joseph's workplace injustice. False accusation, imprisonment. Was not prevented by God, but God was present inside it and gave Joseph favor even in prison. Paul's qualification of the peace command, "if it be possible, as much as lieth in you", acknowledges that only your side of workplace peace is your responsibility. Work done from the soul, before the Lord rather than before a difficult colleague, has a different orientation than work done to manage human approval. The long arc of diligent work is vindication that's eventually as clear as noonday.
Where the Text Lands
> COL 3:23 — "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
> ROM 12:18 — "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men."
> PRO 22:29 — "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."
> GEN 39:21 — "But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison."
> PSA 37:6 — "And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday."