2 Chronicles 10:7

They told him: If you are good to these people and try to please them by speaking gently to them, then they will always be your servants.

Proverbs 15:1

A mild answer turns away anger. Harsh words stir up anger.

1 Kings 12:7

They said to him: If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a favorable answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

Genesis 49:21

Naphtali is a deer set free with beautiful fawns (words).

2 Samuel 15:2-6

He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,

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Summary

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.

If thou be kind

Bible References

If thou be kind

1 Kings 12:7
They said to him: If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a favorable answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
Proverbs 15:1
A mild answer turns away anger. Harsh words stir up anger.

Speak good

Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a deer set free with beautiful fawns (words).
2 Samuel 15:2
He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,