"The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools."
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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.
The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.