Wisdom 4:4

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

Wisdom 4:4 In-Context

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.

6 On Judgment Day children born of a forbidden union will testify to the sin of their parents and act as witnesses against them.