Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild towards all men, apt to teach, patient,
A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.
As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.
Thou hast beaten and prevailed over Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: be content with the glory, and sit at home. Why provokest thou evil, that thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee?