Proverbs 15:1
A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
Proverbs 25:15
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.
Judges 8:1-3
The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him.
Proverbs 15:18
A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
1 Kings 12:13-16
The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men
Proverbs 29:22
An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
Judges 12:3-6
When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?"
1 Samuel 25:10-13
But Nabal responded to David's servants, "Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!
1 Samuel 25:21-33
Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.
2 Samuel 19:43
The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren't we the first to suggest bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 28:25
The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.