The warning against being too righteous or overly wise—lest one destroy oneself—suggests a caution against rigid perfectionism or arrogant moral superiority. The implication may be that excessive righteousness invites adversity, perhaps because it provokes divine opposition or human resentment, or because it indicates a self-defeating refusal to engage with messy reality. This verse counsels a kind of measured virtue rather than absolute purity.

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