Ecclesiastes 10:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

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An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.