1
Don't wish for a multitude of worthless children, and don't be glad about sons and daughters if they are ungodly.
2
If they have children, don't rejoice over them unless they respect the Lord.
3
Don't be confident that they will live, and don't rely on their great number. One is better than a thousand, and it's better to die childless than to have ungodly children.
4
A city will be populated through one intelligent person, but a tribe of lawless people can transform it into a desert.
5
My eye has seen many such things, and my ear has heard more extraordinary matters than these.