Wisdom 5:3

3 And they, repenting and groaning in anguish of spirit, shall say within themselves: "This was he, whom we held once in derision and a proverb of reproach.

Wisdom 5:3 In-Context

1 Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him and made no account of his labors.

2 When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.

3 And they, repenting and groaning in anguish of spirit, shall say within themselves: "This was he, whom we held once in derision and a proverb of reproach.

4 We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honor.

5 How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints?