6
The inheritance of sinners' children will be destroyed, and their offspring will always live in disgrace.
7
Children will blame an ungodly father, because they will be disgraced because of him.
8
How terrible it will be for you who are ungodly, who have abandoned the Law of the Most High!
9
When you are born, you are born to a curse, and when you die, you will leave a curse as your legacy.
10
Everything that's from the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly come from a curse and go to destruction.
11
Human beings show their grief in their bodies, but the no-good name of sinners will be erased.
12
Guard your reputation, for it will continue after you longer than one thousand great treasures of gold.
13
A good life has a limited number of days, but a good name will continue forever.
On shame
14 Hold on to your education in peace, my children. Hidden wisdom and an invisible treasure— of what use is either?
15
People who hide their foolishness are better than people who hide their wisdom.
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Therefore, respect my judgment, because it isn't good to guard against every shame, and not everyone, in good faith, holds all the same things in good repute.