15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,(A)
    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.(B)

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15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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15 (A)By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded,
And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

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Mockers stir up a city,
    but the wise turn away anger.(A)

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Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

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Scoffers (A)set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.

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If a ruler’s anger rises against you,
    do not leave your post;(A)
    calmness can lay great offenses to rest.(B)

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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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If the spirit of the ruler rises against you,
(A)Do not leave your post;
For (B)conciliation[a] pacifies great offenses.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:4 Lit. healing, health