Psa 80:6 You make us an object of contention for our neighbors,
and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Pro 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
Pro 16:28 A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
Pro 17:14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Pro 22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Pro 26:20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Pro 28:25 A greedy man stirs up strife,
but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
Pro 29:22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Jer 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.
Hab 1:3 Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
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