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Ben Sira 16
Ben Sira 16:1-6
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Ben Sira 16:1-6
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1
REJOICE not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
2
Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.
3
For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.
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And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.
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By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.
6
Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.
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