Ecclesiastes 10:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

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Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:

By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince: