Ben Sira 16:5

5 By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

Ben Sira 16:5 In-Context

3 For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

4 And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

5 By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

6 Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

7 In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall dame out.