◄ 1 Kings 12:7 ►
They replied, "If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."
Cross References
1 Kings 12:8
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

2 Chronicles 10:7
They replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.


Treasury of Scripture
And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.

If thou wilt



2 Chronicles 10:6,7
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? …



Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.



Mark 10:43,44
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: …

speak good



1 Kings 12:13
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;



2 Samuel 15:3-6
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee…



Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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