Sirach 2:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵For gold is tested in the fire,
and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
⁶Trust in him, and he will help you;
make your ways straight, and hope in him.

⁷You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy;
and turn not aside, lest you fall.

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