Wisdom 4:3

3 No matter how many children are born of a forbidden union, none of them will ever amount to anything. They are illegitimate; they can never lay a firm foundation for themselves, never take deep root.

Wisdom 4:3 In-Context

1 It is better to have virtue, even if it means having no children. Your virtue will be recognized by other people and by God, and you will be remembered for it forever.

2 Virtue provides an example for people to follow; when it is not there, they miss it. It has always been the finest prize a person can win, and it always will be so. It is the noblest of all the good qualities a person can have.

3 No matter how many children are born of a forbidden union, none of them will ever amount to anything. They are illegitimate; they can never lay a firm foundation for themselves, never take deep root.

4 Like trees with shallow roots, they put out leaves for a while, but they sway in the wind, and storms uproot them.

5 Their branches snap off before they mature; their fruit never ripens, and it is good for nothing.