1Ki 12:7, 2Ki 9:15, Pro 15:22, Phile 8-9 | ESV | STEP | And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever .

1 Kings 12:7

7 And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”

2 Kings 9:15

15 ^abut King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.”

Proverbs 15:22

22 ^bWithout counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed.

Philemon 8-9

Paul’s Plea for Onesimus

8 Accordingly, ^cthough I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do ^dwhat is required, 9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now ^ea prisoner also for Christ Jesus—