Ecclesiastes 7:19-23

¹⁹Wisdom gives a wise person greater power than ten town councilors.

²⁰There's not one good person in all the world who always does what is right and never sins.

²¹Don't take to heart everything that people say, otherwise you may hear your servant talking badly about you,

²²for you know how many times you yourself have talked badly about others!

²³I have examined all this using the principles of wisdom. I told myself, “I will think wisely.” But wisdom eluded me.