1Ki 12:7, Pro 15:1 | 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.”

Proverbs 15:1

1 ^aA soft answer turns away wrath,
but ^ba harsh word stirs up anger.