2 Samuel 2:27
Joab answered, "As God lives, if you hadn't spoken up, by morning my army would have broken off their pursuit of their own relatives."
2 Samuel 2:14
Abner told Joab, "Let's have the young men get up and fight in our presence." Joab replied, "Let them come."
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like spilling water so drop the dispute before it escalates.
1 Samuel 25:26
Now, your majesty, as the LORD lives and as you live, the LORD has kept you from shedding blood and from delivering yourself by your own actions. Now, may your enemies and those seeking to do evil to your majesty be like Nabal.
Job 27:2
"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
Proverbs 20:18
Make plans by seeking advice; make war by obtaining guidance.
Proverbs 25:8
don't be in a hurry to argue in court. Otherwise, what will you do later on when your neighbor humiliates you?
Isaiah 47:7
You said, "I will always continue Queen forever!' You didn't take these things into your thinking, nor did you think about their consequences.
Luke 14:31-32
"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?