Bible Cross References
If thou be kind
1 Kings 12:7
They replied, "If you want to serve this people well, give a favorable answer to their request, and they will always serve you loyally."
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.
speak good
Genesis 49:21
"Naphtali is a deer that runs free, Who bears lovely fawns.
2 Samuel 15:2-6
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He would get up early and go and stand by the road at the city gate. Whenever 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. And after the man had told him what tribe he was from,
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Absalom would say, "Look, the law is on your side, but there is no representative of the king to hear your case."
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And he would add, "How I wish I were a judge! Then anyone who had a dispute or a claim could come to me, and I would give him justice."
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When the man would approach Absalom to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him.
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Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, and so he won their loyalty.