Sirach 27:7-9

Wycliffe Bible

⁷ Praise thou not a man before a word fully ended; for why this is the temptation, that is, (the) proving, of men.

⁸ If thou (pur)suest rightfulness, thou shalt take it; thou shalt clothe it as a long cloth, (or a cloak), of honour, and thou shalt dwell with it, and it shall defend thee without end, and in the day of knowing thou shalt find steadfastness. [If thou followest rightwiseness, thou shalt take it; and thou shalt clothe it as an aube of worship, and thou shalt dwell with it, and it shall defend thee into evermore, and in the day of acknowledging thou shalt find (stead)fastening.]

⁹ Volatiles [or Fowls] come together to birds like themselves; and truth shall (re)turn again to them that work it.