Ecclesiastes 7:19-22

English Standard Version

^19 (A)Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

²⁰ Surely ^(B)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

²¹ Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear ^(C)your servant cursing you. ²² Your heart knows that ^(D)many times you yourself have cursed others.