Sirach 31:26

Greek scribe, Codex Sinaiticus, 1 Chronicles 9:27–10:11, 4th century · Public domainGreek scribe, Codex Sinaiticus, 1 Chronicles 9:27–10:11, 4th century

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Sirach 31:26 (WEB)
The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.2Book II
“It has been appropriately said, “As the furnace proveth the steel blade in the process of dipping, so wine proveth the heart of the haughty.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxi. 26.
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