Proverbs 25:15

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Proverbs 16:14

The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Genesis 32:4-21

He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.

1 Samuel 25:24-44

She fell at his feet, and said, "On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.

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Summary

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 16:14
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Genesis 32:4
He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

General references

Judges 14:9
He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn't tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
Job 41:3
Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?