OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 27:5

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The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts.

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Verse 5. Thoughts. The more he thinks on some things, the more is he perplexed. Calmet.—After sin is purged away, there remains some defects like dust. Psalms 50:4. Worthington.

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