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REJOICE not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
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Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.
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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.
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Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.
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In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall dame out.
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The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sine, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:
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And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.