Sirach 27:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³If a person is not steadfast in the fear of the Lord,
his house will be quickly overthrown.

Tests in Life

⁴When a sieve is shaken, the refuse appears;
so do a person’s faults when he speaks.
⁵The kiln tests the potter’s vessels;
so the test of a person is in his conversation.

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