2 Samuel 2:27
Joab said: As God lives; if you had not spoken the men would have continued following their brothers.
2 Samuel 2:14
Abner yelled to Joab: Let some of our best soldiers get up and fight each other! Joab agreed.
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like releasing water [from a floodgate]. Therefore stop contention before it begins.
1 Samuel 25:26
Jehovah kept you from spilling innocent blood and from getting a victory by your own efforts. As Jehovah lives and you live, may your enemies and those who are trying to harm you end up like Nabal.
Job 27:2
As God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty? Who has made me taste bitterness?
Proverbs 15:1
A mild answer turns away anger. Harsh words stir up anger.
Proverbs 20:18
Good counsel makes for good plans. Seek good counsel if you wage war.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not run quickly to court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame.
Isaiah 47:7
You said: 'I will be a queen for a very long time!' You did not consider these things or remember their outcome.
Luke 14:31-32
When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat the other king.