Proverbs 15:1
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
Proverbs 25:15
Through patience a ruler may be persuaded; a gentle word can break a bone.
Judges 8:1-3
Later on, the descendants of Ephraim spoke to Gideon. They argued vehemently, "What are you doing to us? You never called us! But you went out to fight Midian!"
Proverbs 15:18
The quickly angered man stirs up contention, but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.
1 Kings 12:13-16
But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up arguments, and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.
Judges 12:3-6
When I saw that you wouldn't be delivering me, I took my own life in my hands, crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my control. So why have you come here today to fight me?"
1 Samuel 25:10-13
Nabal answered David's servants: "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.
1 Samuel 25:21-33
Now David had said, "Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me with evil for good!
2 Samuel 19:43
But the men from Israel answered the men from Judah: "We represent ten of the tribes of Israel! So we have more right to David than you do! Why haven't you taken us seriously? Weren't we the first to talk about bringing back our king?" But what the people of Judah had to say was harsher than what the people of Israel were saying.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred awakens contention, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 28:25
An arrogant man stirs up dissension, but anyone who trusts in the LORD prospers.