Proverbs 25:15
With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke anger.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.
Proverbs 16:14
The king's displeasure is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.
Genesis 32:4-21
And he commanded them, saying, "See that ye speak after this manner to my LORD Esau, 'thy servant, Jacob, sayeth thus: I have sojourned and been a stranger with Laban unto this time;
1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the lads told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "See, David sent messengers unto our master out of the wilderness to salute him, and he railed on them.
1 Samuel 25:24-44
and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.