“If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.”
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 10:4
From Ecclesiastes 10, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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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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Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
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Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.