Sirach 4:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ At first, Wisdom will lead you along difficult paths. She will make you so afraid that you will think you cannot go on. The discipline she demands will be tormenting, and she will put you to the test with her requirements until she trusts you^[a] completely. ¹⁸ Then she will come to you with no delay, reveal her secrets to you, and make you happy. ¹⁹ But if you go astray, she will abandon you and let you go to your own ruin.