Wisdom 6:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ But a strict examination awaits those in positions of power.
⁹ To you, then, O monarchs, are these words of mine directed
    so that you may learn wisdom and not go astray.
¹⁰ For those who observe holy precepts with holiness will be accounted holy,
    and those who have become learned in them will have a defense^[a] to offer.