contentious It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a {contentious} and an angry woman. contentious As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a {contentious} man to kindle strife. contentious A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a {contentious} woman are alike. contentious But unto them that are {contentious}, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, contentious <1CO11 -16> But if any man seem to be {contentious}, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. ~~~~~~