To sow discord is to say and do things which can cause distrust among one another, which results in arguments and fights. Sowers of discord sow seeds of bitterness, anger, distrust, and hatred into the soil of other people’s hearts.
Proverbs 6:12-15 (NJKV) A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord. Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
Romans 16:17 (NLT) And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.
James 4:1 (ESV) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
Proverbs 26:21 (CSB) As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
James 4:11 (ESV) Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Titus 3:10 (NLT) If people are causing divisions among you, give a first and second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with them.
1 Timothy 6:20 (NLT) Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge.
God hates discord and, He hates those who sow discord. If we do not want to be counted among those whom God hates, we must do all we can to avoid sowing discord, remembering that every idle word we speak will come under judgement. Rather than sowing discord, we must strive to promote unity.
Psalm 133:1 (NKJV) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is. For brethren to dwell together in unity!
Matthew 5:9 (NLT) God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
Psalm 133:3 (NLT) Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the LORD has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.