2 Esdras 9:15

15 "I said before and now will say again that those who perish are more numerous than those who are saved,

2 Esdras 9:15 In-Context

13 But don't be curious any longer about how the wicked will be tortured. Instead, inquire how and when the righteous, to whom the world belongs and because of whom the world exists, will be saved."

14 I answered,

15 "I said before and now will say again that those who perish are more numerous than those who are saved,

16 just as a wave is greater than a drop."

17 He answered me: "As the field is, so is the seed; and as the flowers, so also the colors; as the labor, so also the product; and as the farmer, so the threshing floor.