Sirach 2:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³Cling to him and do not depart,
    so that your last days may be prosperous.
⁴Accept whatever befalls you,
    and in times of humiliation be patient.
⁵For gold is tested in the fire,
    and those found acceptable, in the furnace of humiliation.^[a]

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Sirach 2:5 Other ancient authorities add in sickness and poverty put your trust in him

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