Proverbs 25:15
{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness can undo great offenses.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king [is] a messenger of death, but one who is wise will appease it.
Genesis 32:4-21
And he instructed them, saying, "Thus you must say to my lord, to Esau, 'Thus says your servant Jacob, I have dwelled as an alien with Laban, and I have remained [there] until now.
1 Samuel 25:14
But a young man of the servants told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers from the desert to greet our master, but he addressed them angrily,
1 Samuel 25:24-44
She fell at his feet and said, "On me, my lord, [be] the guilt! Please let your female servant speak {to you personally}! Hear the words of your female servant!