King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 10:4
“If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 10
2
A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
3
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.
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