World English Bible

Sirach 27:3-10 World English Bible (WEB)

3. Unless a man hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord, His house shall soon be overthrown.

4. In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains; So the filth of man in his reasoning.

5. The furnace will prove the potter’s vessels; And the trial of a man is in his reasoning.

6. The fruit of a tree declares the husbandry thereof; So is the utterance of the thought of the heart of a man.

7. Praise no man before you hear him reason; For this is the trial of men.

8. If you follow righteousness, you shall obtain her, And put her on, as a long robe of glory.

9. Birds will resort to their like; And truth will return to them that practise her.

10. The lion lies in wait for prey; So does sin for them that work iniquity.