The older men said to Rehoboam, “If you are kind to those people and please them and say good words to them, then they will serve you forever.”
“Naphtali is like a deer running free, and his words like their beautiful babies.”
The elders answered, “If you are like a servant to them today, then they will truly serve you. If you speak kindly to them, then they will work for you always.”
A peaceful answer causes anger to disappear. But a rough answer causes anger to grow.