1 Kings 12:7 TSK: They advised him, "If today you are a servant, you will serve this people by answering them and speaking kindly to them. Then they will serve you forever."

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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."

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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.

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

King James Bible
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They replied, "Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."

International Standard Version
They advised him, "If today you are a servant, you will serve this people by answering them and speaking kindly to them. Then they will serve you forever."

NET Bible
They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward."

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