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Sirach 16:2-4
Good News Translation
Sirach 16:2-4
Good News Translation
2 No matter how many children you have, don't look on them with pride unless they fear the Lord. 3 Don't put much hope in their future or expect them to live a long time. One child who does the Lord's will is better than a thousand who do not.[a] It is better to go to your grave with no children at all than to have children who are godless.
4 A city's population may grow because of the wisdom of one person, while a whole tribe of lawless people disappears.
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- Sirach 16:3 Hebrew who does...do not; Greek is better than a thousand.
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