Ecclesiastes 7:11-17

New International Version

¹¹ Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing^(A)
    and benefits those who see the sun.^(B)
12 Wisdom is a shelter
    as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
    Wisdom preserves those who have it.

Who can straighten
    what he has made crooked?^(D)
14 When times are good, be happy;
    but when times are bad, consider this:
God has made the one
    as well as the other.^(E)
Therefore, no one can discover
    anything about their future.

the righteous perishing in their righteousness,
    and the wicked living long in their wickedness.^(G)
16 Do not be overrighteous,
    neither be overwise—
    why destroy yourself?
¹⁷ Do not be overwicked,
    and do not be a fool—
    why die before your time?^(H)