The Bible: Peacemakers And Troublemakers

Peacemakers and Troublemakers
The Bible states that we are to avoid contentions (Titus 3:9) and to “withdraw” from troublemakers, for they are proud, ignorant and sick with arguments (I Timothy 6:4-5), and they are of the Devil. (I John 3:8)
One of the great examples of a peacemaking spirit is seen in Isaac when his servants had dug some wells and the lazy Philistines wanted them. Isaac had every right to hold his ground and refuse to move, but he valued peace more than property, so he calmly gathered his tents, moved, and dug again. But he had hardly gotten settled when those thieving troublemakers came again. Isaac could have said, “I am a peaceful man, but enough is enough. But Isaac moved a second time and dug another set of wells. (Genesis 26:12ff) “When a man's ways please Jehovah, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” (Proverbs 16:7)

When Saul realized that David would succeed him as king instead of his son Jonathan, he made a plan to kill David.
Upon learning his father’s plan (I Samuel 19:1), Jonathan immediately went to David, his bosom friend and said, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. And now please be careful until morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself.
“And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk about you with my father. And I will tell you what I see.
“And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works are very good toward you.” (I Samuel 19:2-4
Saul promised that he would cease trying to kill David, but he went back on his word. Sometimes the very best people cannot change the hearts of those bent on