"Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who [listen to other others]" (Prov. 13:10).
"A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel" (Prov 15:18).
"Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out" (Prov. 17:14).
"He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate [out of pride] invites destruction" (Prov. 17:19).
"It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel" (Prov. 20:3).
"Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down" (Prov. 26:20).
"And the Lord's servant must not quarrel" (II Tim. 2:24a).
'Nuff said.
4:1 What causes wars, and what causes fightings among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members?
4:2 You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain; so you fight and wage war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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