Ecclesiastes 10:4

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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

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

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

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