Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:15
By long patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks the bone.
Judges 8:1-3
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why have you served us thus, that you called us not, when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they did argue with him sharply.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife.
1 Kings 12:13-16
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
Judges 12:3-6
And when I saw that you delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
1 Samuel 25:10-13
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now days that break away each man from his master.
1 Samuel 25:21-33
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he has repaid me evil for good.
2 Samuel 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, since our advice was first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be prospered.