Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 25:15
By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
Judges 8:1-3
The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you treated us this way, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian?" They rebuked him sharply.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
1 Kings 12:13-16
The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Judges 12:3-6
When I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?"
1 Samuel 25:10-13
Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
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 to him. He has returned me evil for good.
2 Samuel 19:43
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?" 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 wrongs.
Proverbs 28:25
One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.