23 Give not thine [a]heart also to all the words that men speak, lest thou do hear thy servant cursing thee.

24 For oftentimes also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast [b]cursed others.

25 All this have I proved by wisdom: I thought, I will be wise, but it went far from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:23 Credit them not, neither care for them.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:24 Or, spoken evil of others.

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