answered

1 Kings 20:6-11
But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and take away all that is precious to you.'" . . .

Genesis 42:7, 30
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. "Where have you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan, " they replied. "We are here to buy food." . . .

Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go."

Exodus 10:28
"Depart from me!" Pharaoh said to Moses. "Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die."

Judges 12:1-6
Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!" . . .

1 Samuel 20:10, 30, 31
Then David asked Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" . . .

1 Samuel 25:10, 11
But Nabal asked them, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters. . . .

2 Samuel 19:43
"We have ten shares in the king, " answered the men of Israel, "so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?" But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

Proverbs 10:11, 32
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. . . .

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 18:23
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

roughly [heb] hardly

Genesis 16:6
"Here, " said Abram, "your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

forsook

Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.