Ecclesiastes 7:16-22

¹⁶Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.

¹⁷Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time.

¹⁸It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.

¹⁹Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

²⁰For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin.

²¹Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee.

²²For many times he shall trespass against thee, and repeatedly shall he afflict thine heart; for thus also hast thou cursed others.