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.
6
The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so the expression of a thought discloses the cultivation of a man's mind.
7
Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men.
8
If you pursue justice, you will attain it and wear it as a glorious robe.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.