Ben Sira 27:3

3 If a man is not steadfast and zealous in the fear of the Lord, his house will be quickly overthrown.

Ben Sira 27:3 In-Context

1 Many have committed sin for a trifle, and whoever seeks to get rich will avert his eyes.

2 As a stake is driven firmly into a fissure between stones, so sin is wedged in between selling and buying.

3 If a man is not steadfast and zealous in the fear of the Lord, his house will be quickly overthrown.

4 When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so a man's filth remains in his thoughts.

5 The kiln tests the potter's vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning.