23 For our bondage shall not be ordered to favor: but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonor.
24 And now, brethren, let us show an example to our brethren, because their soul hangs upon us, and the sanctuary and the house and the altar rest upon us.
25 Besides all this let us give thanks to the Lord our God, which tries us, even as he did our fathers also.
26 Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother.
27 For he has not tried us in the fire, as he did them, to search out their hearts, neither has he taken vengeance on us; but the Lord does scourge them that come near to him, to admonish them.
28 And Ozias said to her, All that you have spoken have you spoken with a good heart, and there is none that shall gainsay your words.
29 For this is not the first day wherein your wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of your days all the people have known your understanding, because the disposition of your heart is good.