3 Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end. (WEB) 4 Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation. (WEB) 5 For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. (WEB)
Sirach 2:3–5
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2 Enoch 50:3–5
3 Now therefore, my children, in patience and meekness spend the number of your days, that you inherit endless life. (2EN) 4 Endure for the sake of the Lord every wound, every injury, every evil word and attack. (2EN) 5 If ill-requitals befall you, return them not either to neig… (2EN)
Psalms of Solomon 10:1–3
1 Happy is the man whom the Lord remembereth with reproving, And whom He restraineth from the way of evil with strokes That he may be cleansed from sin, that it may not be multiplied. (PSS) 2 He that maketh ready his back for strokes shall be cleansed, For the Lord is g… (PSS)
2 Enoch 51:3–5
3 Help the faithful man in affliction, and affliction will not find you in the time of your trouble. (2EN) 4 And every grievous and cruel yoke that come upon you bear all for the sake of the Lord, and thus you will find your reward in the day of judgement. (2EN) 5 It is good to… (2EN)
Job 36:20–22
20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes. 21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction. 22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Sirach 11:19–21
19 when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies. (WEB) 20 Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it, and grow old in your work. (WEB) 21 Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner,… (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 14:1–2
1 Faithful is the Lord to them that love Him in truth, To them that endure His chastening, (PSS) 2 To them that walk in the righteousness of His commandments, In the law which He commanded us that we might live. (PSS)
Sirach 3:17–19
17 My son, go on with your business in humility; so you will be loved by an acceptable man. (WEB) 18 The greater you are, humble yourself the more, and you will find favor before the Lord. (WEB) 19 Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek. (KJV)
1 Peter 5:5–7
5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in…
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