World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 10:4
“If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 10
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A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.
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Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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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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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
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Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
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