Sirach 16:4
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And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

Sirach 16:2
Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.

Sirach 16:3
For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

Sirach 16:5
By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

Sirach 16:6
Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

Context
Sirach 16
3For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children. 4And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children. 5By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.…
Cross References
Sirach 16:2
Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.

Sirach 16:3
For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

Sirach 16:5
By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

Sirach 16:6
Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 16:3
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