1 Kings 12:7

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Summary

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.

If thou wilt

Speak good

General references

Job 32:7

Bible References

If thou wilt

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?"

A soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke anger.

So shall it not be among you: but whosoever of you will be great among you, shall be your minister.

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.

Speak good

the king answered the people churlishly and left the advice that old men gave him:

then said Absalom unto him, "See, thy matter is good and righteous, and yet no man is deputed of the king to hear thee."

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.

So the LORD gave a loving and comfortable answer unto the angel that talked with me.

General references

for I thought thus within myself: It becometh old men to speak, and the aged to teach wisdom.