Ecclesiastes 7:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁸ It is good that you should take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.

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

²⁰ Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.^(B)