Proverbs 17:14
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 25:8, 9
do not go out to argue in haste. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your opponent puts you to shame? . . .

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

Matthew 5:39-41
But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; . . .

Romans 12:18-21
If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. . . .

1 Corinthians 6:6-8
Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! . . .

2 Timothy 2:24
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.