Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.

Proverbs 25:15

{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Judges 8:1-3

The men of Ephraim said to him, "What [is] this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?" And they quarreled with him severely.

Proverbs 15:18

A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.

1 Kings 12:13-16

Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.

Proverbs 29:22

A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.

Judges 12:3-6

I saw that you would not deliver [us]; {I risked my own life}, and I crossed [over] to the {Ammonites}, and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"

1 Samuel 25:10-13

But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? Today, [there] are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters.

1 Samuel 25:21-33

Now David had said, "Surely {in vain} I guarded all that this fellow had in the desert. And nothing was missed of all that [was] his, but he returned evil against me in place of good!

2 Samuel 19:43

Then the people of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "I have {ten times as much} in the king, moreover in David I have more than you. Why did you treat me with contempt {by not giving me first chance} to bring back my king?" But the words of the men of Judah [were] fiercer than the word of the men of Israel.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.

Proverbs 28:25

The {greedy person} will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

General references

Bible References

Soft

Proverbs 25:15
{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
Judges 8:1
The men of Ephraim said to him, "What [is] this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?" And they quarreled with him severely.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely {in vain} I guarded all that this fellow had in the desert. And nothing was missed of all that [was] his, but he returned evil against me in place of good!

Grievous pr 15

1 Samuel 10:12
And a man from there responded and said, "And who [is] their father?" Therefore it became a proverb: "[Is] Saul also among the prophets?"
1 Samuel 28:25
She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went away that [very] night.
Judges 12:3
I saw that you would not deliver [us]; {I risked my own life}, and I crossed [over] to the {Ammonites}, and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"
1 Samuel 25:10
But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? Today, [there] are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters.
2 Samuel 19:43
Then the people of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "I have {ten times as much} in the king, moreover in David I have more than you. Why did you treat me with contempt {by not giving me first chance} to bring back my king?" But the words of the men of Judah [were] fiercer than the word of the men of Israel.
1 Kings 12:13
Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.

General references

1 Samuel 17:29
David replied, "What have I done now? {I merely asked a question}!
Job 41:3
Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you? Or will it speak gentle words to you?
Acts 11:4
But Peter began [and] explained [it] to them in an orderly sequence, saying,