Ecclesiastes 7:20-28

²⁰It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

²¹Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.

²²Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

²³Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

²⁴For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

²⁵All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

²⁶It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

²⁷I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

²⁸And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.