Bible Verses About Tact: Of Saul, in managing malcontents

But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents; but he dissembled as though he heard not.

And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man.

And the people said to Samuel: Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men, and we will kill them.

And Saul said: No man shall be killed this day: because the Lord this day hath wrought salvation in Israel:

And Samuel said to the people: Come, and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.

And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.