Sirach 19:24-26

Common English Bible

²⁴ Someone who fears God
but who has inferior intelligence
is better than someone
who abounds in intelligence
but who violates the Law.
²⁵ There is cleverness that is precise
but unjust,
    and there are people who abuse favors
    in order to get a favorable decision.^[a]
26 And there are people who act wickedly, bowed down gloomily,
    and their insides are full of treachery.