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19 Wisdom gives greater strength to the wise man
    than ten rulers in a city.
20 There is no one on earth who is so righteous
    that he does nothing but good and never sins.[a]
21 If you do not pay attention to all that people say,
    you will never hear your servant speaking ill of you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:20 For more on the truth set forth in this verse, see Rom 3:9-20 and note; 5:12-21 and note.