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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. Fools are given important positions, while the rich get jobs that are not important.

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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.”

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