Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 27:3-5 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

3. Unless you are determined in your fear of the Lord, your house is going to come down on you.

4. Your talk shows your faults; it is like a sieve that separates out the rubbish.

5. The way you think shows your character just as surely as a kiln shows any flaws in the pottery being fired.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 27