(2) To be indifferent to Censure: Ch. vii., vv. 21, 22.
21 Moreover seek not to know all that is said of thee,
Lest thou hear thy servant speak evil of thee;
Ver. 21. Seek not to know, etc. Literally, "Give not thy heart (even if thy ears) to all words that are uttered."
22 For thou knowest in thine heart
That thou also hast many times spoken evil of others.
23 All this wisdom have I tried;
I desired a higher wisdom, but it was far from me;
24 That which was far off remaineth far off,
And deep remaineth deep:
Who can find it out?
(3) To despise Women; Ch. vii., vv. 25-29.
25 Then I and my heart turned to know this wisdom
And diligently examine it—
To discover the cause of wickedness, vice,
And that folly which is madness:
26 And I found woman more bitter than death;
She is a net;
Her heart is a snare, and her hands are chains:
Whoso is good before God shall escape her,
But the sinner shall be taken by her.
27 Behold, what I have found, saith the Preacher—
Taking things one by one to reach the result—
28 I have found one man among a thousand,
But in all that number a woman have I not found:
29 Lo, this only have I found,
That God made man upright,
But that they seek out many devices.
(4) And to be indifferent to Public Wrongs. Ch. viii., vv. 1-13.