¹⁷ Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. ^(A)Why should you die before your time? ¹⁸ It is good that you should take hold of ^(B)this, and from ^(C)that ^(D)withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

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