Ecclesiastes 10:4 (WEB)
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Fathers and councils · 6
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Therefore saith the Preacher, If the spirit of him that hath power rise up against thee, quit not thy place.” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 4. Compare Eph. iv. 27: “Neither give place to the devil.”
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.19Conference I
“And that which we read in the gospel much earlier as predicted by Ecclesiastes: “If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place.”” — editor's note: Eccl. x. 4.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.14Conference VII
“But we think it utterly absurd to hold such an opinion, when Scripture says: “If the spirit of him that hath power ascend upon thee;” and again: “When the devil had put it into the heart of Simon Iscariot to betray the Lord.”” — editor's note: Eccl. x. 4.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.3Book III
“In the book of Ecclesiastes, too, Solomon says, “If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soundness will restrain many transgressions.”” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 4, “For yielding pacifieth great offences.” The words in the text are, “Quoniam sanitas compescet multa peccata.” The Vulgate has, “Curatio faciet…
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Jerome
“Let them be open to Christ but closed to the devil according to the saying: “If the spirit of him who hath power rise up against thee, leave not thy place.”” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 4, A.V., “the spirit of the ruler.”
Read the whole comment““If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place.”” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 4. Jerome takes ‘the ruler’ to be the devil.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.14.