Sirach 2:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ Cling to him and do not depart,
    so that your last days may be prosperous.
⁴ Accept whatever befalls you,
    and in times of humiliation be patient.
⁵ For gold is tested in the fire,
    and those found acceptable, in the furnace of humiliation.^[a]