2 Chronicles 10:7
In reply, they told him, "If you will be kind to this people, please them, and speak appropriately to them with kind words, they'll serve you forever."
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
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."
Genesis 49:21
"Naphtali is a free running deer who produces eloquent literature."
2 Samuel 15:2-6
Then he would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, "You're from what city?" If he replied, "Your servant is from one of Israel's tribes,"