Ben Sira 47:20

20 Thou didst stain thy honor and pollute thy seed, so that thou brought wrath upon thy children, and wast grieved for thy folly.

Ben Sira 47:20 In-Context

18 By the name of the Lord God, who is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead.

19 Nonetheless thou didst bow thy loins unto women, and by thy body thou wast brought into subjection.

20 Thou didst stain thy honor and pollute thy seed, so that thou brought wrath upon thy children, and wast grieved for thy folly.

21 So the kingdom was divided, and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom.

22 But the Lord will never leave off His mercy, neither shall any of His works perish, neither will He abolish the posterity of His elect, and the seed of him that loveth Him He will not take away. Therefore He gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.