If thou wilt

2 Chronicles 10:6, 7
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked. . . .

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

Mark 10:43, 44
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, . . .

Philippians 2:7-11
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. . . .

speak good

1 Kings 12:13
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

2 Samuel 15:3-6
Absalom would say, "Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you." . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler's temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.