Sirach 4:17-19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷ For at first she will walk with him on tortuous paths,
    she will bring fear and cowardice upon him,
and will torment him by her discipline
    until she trusts him,
and she will test him with her ordinances.
¹⁸ Then she will come straight back to him and gladden him,
    and will reveal her secrets to him.
¹⁹ If he goes astray she will forsake him,
    and hand him over to his ruin.