Berean Standard Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:4

“If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.”

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²A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

³Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

⁴If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

⁵There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:

⁶Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

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