Bible in Basic English
"If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked."
— Ecclesiastes 10:4, Bible in Basic English
“If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.”
Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.
And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:
The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.
I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.