Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory of it, and abide at home; for why should you meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Yehudah with you?
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,