Bible verse
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 10.
1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2 A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
3 Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
4 If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
KJV
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
ASV
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
ERV
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding allayeth great offences.
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