Ecclesiastes 10:4

English Standard Version 2016

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:3

Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

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