A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 10:4
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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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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3
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.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.