1 Kings 12:7
They advised him, "If today you are a servant, you will serve this people by answering them and speaking kindly to them. Then they will serve you forever."
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
2 Samuel 15:3-6
Absalom would respond, "Look, your claims are valid and defensible, but nobody will listen to you on behalf of the king.
1 Kings 12:13
But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him.
2 Chronicles 10:6-7
while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors who had worked with his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, "What is your advice as to what response I should return to these people?"
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If your overseer gets angry at you, don't resign, because calmness pacifies great offenses.
Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD answered the angel who was speaking to me with kind and comforting words.
Mark 10:43-44
That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Philippians 2:7-11
Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be,