Ecclesiastes 10:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: