Ecclesiastes 7:21-23

Christian Standard Bible

²¹Don’t pay attention^[a] to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,^(A) ²²for in your heart you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.

What the Teacher Found

²³I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.

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Footnotes

7:21 Lit Don’t give your heart

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