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Ben Sira 2:5
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For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
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Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
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Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
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For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
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Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
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Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.
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