Ecclesiastes 7:14-18

¹⁴On the day of prosperity be happy, but on the day of adversity look on: also this hath God made in equal measure with the other, to the end that man should not find the least to censure him.

¹⁵All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is many a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is many a wicked man that liveth long in his wickedness.—

¹⁶Be not righteous over much; neither show thyself over wise: why wouldst thou destroy thyself?

¹⁷Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?

¹⁸It is good that thou shouldst take hold of that, and that also from this thou withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God will come forth out of them all.