Quotes about Conflict
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
— Proverbs 25:8
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
— Proverbs 25:24
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
— Proverbs 26:17
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
— Proverbs 26:20
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
— Proverbs 26:21
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
— Proverbs 27:15
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
— Proverbs 28:25
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
— Proverbs 29:8
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
— Proverbs 29:9
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
— Proverbs 29:22
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
— Proverbs 30:33
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
— Ecclesiastes 3:8