2 Chronicles 35:21
35:21 Necho
sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?
I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.
God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”
Proverbs 3:30
3:30 Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause,
if he has not treated you wrongly.
Proverbs 15:18
15:18 A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension,
but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
Proverbs 17:14
17:14 Starting a quarrel is like letting out water;
stop it before strife breaks out!
Proverbs 20:3
20:3 It is an honor for a person to cease from strife,
but every fool quarrels.
Proverbs 25:8
25:8 Do not go out hastily to litigation,
or what will you do afterward
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs 26:17
26:17 Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,
so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
Luke 14:31-32
14:31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down
first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose
the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
14:32 If he cannot succeed,
he will send a representative
while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.