Sirach 2:3-5

Common English Bible

³ Hold fast to God
and don’t keep your distance from him,
    so that you may find strength
    at your end.
⁴ Accept whatever happens to you,
    and be patient
    when you suffer humiliation,
⁵         because gold is tested with fire,
        and acceptable people are tested
        in the furnace of humiliation.^[a]