19 Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 Remember: there’s no one on earth so righteous as to do good only and never make a mistake.
21 Don’t worry about all the things people say, so you don’t hear your servant cursing you.
22 After all, you know that you’ve often cursed others yourself!
23 I tested all of this by wisdom. I thought, I will be wise, but it eluded me.
24 All that happens is elusive and utterly unfathomable. Who can grasp it?
25 I turned my mind to know, to investigate, and to seek wisdom, along with an account of things, to know that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness.