1 Kings 12:7
They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
2 Samuel 15:3-6
Absalom said to him, "Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you."
1 Kings 12:13
The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
2 Chronicles 10:6-7
King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?"
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Zechariah 1:13
Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
Mark 10:43-44
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
Philippians 2:7-11
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.