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15 (A)A soft answer turns away wrath,
    but (B)a harsh word stirs up anger.

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14 (A)A king's wrath is a messenger of death,
    and a wise man will (B)appease it.

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If the anger of the ruler rises against you, (A)do not leave your place,
    (B)for calmness[a] will lay great offences to rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:4 Hebrew healing