1 Samuel 25:10-11

10And Nabal answered David’s servants, aWho is David? Who is the son of Jesse? bThere are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. 11Shall I take cmy bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to dmen who come from I do not know where?”

2 Samuel 19:43

43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have eten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” fBut the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Proverbs 10:11

11 gThe mouth of the righteous is ha fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked iconceals violence.

Proverbs 10:32

32The lips of the righteous jknow what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked, kwhat is perverse.

Proverbs 15:1

1 lA soft answer turns away wrath,
but ma harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 18:23

23The poor use entreaties,
but nthe rich answer roughly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth owin him favor,
Or are gracious

but qthe lips of a fool consume him.
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