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Sirach 2:4 (WEB)
Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation.

Fathers and councils · 4

Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119
“…to himself; but when each man is humbled by some tribulation or mortification which his pride deserved; or when he is exercised and proved by endurance; whence a little after this Psalm saith, “Before I was troubled, I went wrong.”…And the Lord Jesus, when He foretold that this humiliation would be brought upon…” — editor's note: Ecclus. ii. 4, 5.
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Augustine of Hippo, On Patience Chapter 11
“For in the fire gold and silver is proved, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. ii. 1–5
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Cyprian of Carthage, On the Advantage of Patience
“…the righteous is proved by his patience, as it is written: “In pain endure, and in thy low estate have patience; for gold and silver are tried in the fire.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. ii. 4, 5.
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Cyprian of Carthage, On the Mortality
“Holy Scripture teaches and forewarns, saying, “My son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in righteousness and fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. ii. 1, 4.
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