1 Kings 12:7
And they said unto him, "If thou shalt be a servant unto this people this day and serve them and answer them and speak kind words to them: they will be thy servants forever."
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke anger.
2 Samuel 15:3-6
then said Absalom unto him, "See, thy matter is good and righteous, and yet no man is deputed of the king to hear thee."
1 Kings 12:13
the king answered the people churlishly and left the advice that old men gave him:
2 Chronicles 10:6-7
And king Rehoboam counseled with elders that stood before Solomon his father, while he lived, and said, "What counsel give ye me, to answer this people again?"
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.
Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD gave a loving and comfortable answer unto the angel that talked with me.
Mark 10:43-44
So shall it not be among you: but whosoever of you will be great among you, shall be your minister.
Philippians 2:7-11
Nevertheless, he made himself of no reputation, and took on him the shape of a servant, and became like unto men, and was found in his apparel as a man.