7:18. Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
Be not overmuch wicked… That is, lest by the greatness of your sin you leave no room for mercy.
7:19. It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
7:20. Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
7:21. For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
7:22. But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
7:23. For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
7:24. I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
7:25. Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
7:26. I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent: