²⁶ Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked.

²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek glory, their own glory, causes suffering and is not glory.

²⁸ He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.^(A)