'Provokes' in the Bible

Is there no end to your empty words?What provokes you that you continue testifying?

A fool’s lips lead to strife,and his mouth provokes a beating.

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

A greedy person provokes conflict,but whoever trusts in the Lord will prosper.

He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy was located.

Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.