Ecclesiastes 10:4
If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.
Proverbs 25:15
With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.
Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no evil thing: for whatsoever it pleaseth him, that doeth he.
1 Samuel 25:24-44
and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.
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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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Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no evil thing: for whatsoever it pleaseth him, that doeth he.
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1 Samuel 25:24
and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.
Proverbs 25:15
With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.