1 Samuel 25:12
So David’s young men made their way back and returned; and they came and told him everything that was said [to them by Nabal].
2 Samuel 24:13
So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies as they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence (plague) in your land? Now consider this and decide what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”
Isaiah 36:21-22
But they kept silent and did not say a word to him in reply, for King Hezekiah’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your [spiritual] leaders and submit to them [recognizing their authority over you], for they are keeping watch over your souls and continually guarding your spiritual welfare as those who will give an account [of their stewardship of you]. Let them do this with joy and not with grief and groans, for this would be of no benefit to you.