Sirach 27:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.

⁶ The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.

⁷ Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.