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 men 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.