Ecclesiastes 10:4

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

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A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,