1 Kings 12:7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
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- Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- 2 Samuel 15:3–5 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
- 1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;