Wisdom of Solomon 3:3–7

³and their going from us to be their destruction,

but they are at peace.

⁴For though in the sight of others they were punished,

their hope is full of immortality.^*

⁵Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good,

because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;^*

⁶like gold in the furnace he tried them,

and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.^*

⁷In the time of their visitation they will shine forth

and will run like sparks through the stubble.^*