TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in KJV.
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.
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
¶ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
¶ Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.