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Summary

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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Soft

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.
The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him.
Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

Grievous pr 15

A man who was from there replied, "And who is their father?" Therefore this became a proverb: "Is even Saul among the prophets?"
She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.
When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?"
But Nabal responded to David's servants, "Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!
The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren't we the first to suggest bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.
The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

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David replied, "What have I done now? Can't I say anything?"
Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?
But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

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