Proverbs 25:8
do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Matthew 5:25
Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 30:33
For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
Luke 14:31-32
Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
2 Samuel 2:14-16
And Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?"
2 Kings 14:8-12
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."