19. Wisdom makes the wise man strongerthan ten rulers of a city.
20. There is certainly no righteous man on the earthwho does good and never sins.
21. Don’t pay attention to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,
22. for you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.
23. I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.