Genesis 42:7
7Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and aspoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”Genesis 42:30
30“The man, the lord of the land, bspoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.Exodus 10:28
28Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”1 Samuel 25:10-11
10And Nabal answered David’s servants, c“Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? dThere are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. 11Shall I take emy bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to fmen who come from I do not know where?”1 Kings 20:6-11
6Nevertheless I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants and lay hands on whatever pleases you and take it away.’”7Then the king of Israel called all the gelders of the land and said, h“Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.” 8And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.” 9So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you first demanded of your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again. 10Ben-hadad sent to him and said, i“The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people jwho follow me.” 11And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.’”
Proverbs 15:1
1 kA soft answer turns away wrath,but la harsh word stirs up anger.
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