Sirach 27:3-5

Good News Translation

³ Unless you are determined in your fear of the Lord, your house is going to come down on you.

Speech Reflects True Feelings

⁴ Your talk shows your faults; it is like a sieve that separates out the rubbish. ⁵ The way you think shows your character just as surely as a kiln shows any flaws in the pottery being fired.