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Fools show how foolish they are, just walking down the road. Their minds are empty, and everyone knows it.

Don’t quit your job simply because the boss is angry with you. If you remain calm and helpful, you can correct even great mistakes.[a]

Here is something else that I have seen in this life[b] that isn’t fair. It is the kind of mistake that rulers make.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:4 If you … great mistakes Literally, “A healer can put to rest great sins.” The word “healer” means a person who is forgiving and tries to help other people.
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:5 in this life Literally, “under the sun.”

Even as fools walk along the road,
    they lack sense
    and show everyone(A) how stupid they are.
If a ruler’s anger rises against you,
    do not leave your post;(B)
    calmness can lay great offenses to rest.(C)

There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
    the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

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