Proverbs 17:14

17:14 The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Proverbs 20:18

20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Proverbs 25:8

25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Isaiah 27:4-5

27:4 Fury [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. 27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.

Luke 14:31-32

14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.