Ecclesiastes 7:16-23

¹⁶So do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, because if you think those things, you will destroy yourself.

¹⁷If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.

¹⁸Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.

¹⁹If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.

²⁰There is no one in this world who always does what is right and who never sins.

²¹Do not pay attention IDM to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.

²²You know that you have also cursed other people.

²³I said to myself that I would use my wisdom to study all the things that I have written about, but I was not able to do it successfully.