Sirach 4:17-19

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¹⁷ For at first she will walk with them in disguise;
    she will bring fear and dread upon them
and will torment them by her discipline
    until she trusts them,^[a]
and she will test them with her ordinances.^(A)
18 Then she will come straight back to them again and gladden them
    and will reveal her secrets to them.
¹⁹ If they go astray, she will forsake them
    and hand them over to their ruin.