A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

The wrath of a king {is as} messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. {railed...: Heb. flew upon them}

And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, {upon} me {let this} iniquity {be}: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. {audience: Heb. ears}

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue {is} the law of kindness.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but {he that is} slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft {words} unto thee?

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. {anger: Heb. spirit}

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I {am} a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. {of a sorrowful...: Heb. hard of spirit}