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Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
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Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, unless the fear of the Lord be with them.
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Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude; for one that is just is better than a thousand, and better it is to die without children than to have them that are ungodly.
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For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished, but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.
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Many such things have I seen with mine eyes, and mine ear hath heard greater things than these.
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In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled, and in a rebellious nation wrath is set on fire.
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He was not pacified toward the giants of old, who fell away in the strength of their foolishness.
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Neither spared He the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for their pride.
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He pitied not the people of perdition, who were taken away in their sins,
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nor the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.