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Sirach 16:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 16:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them,
unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
3 Do not trust in their survival,
and do not rely on their multitude;
for one is better than a thousand,[a]
and to die childless is better than to have ungodly children.
4 For through one man of understanding a city will be filled with people,
but through a tribe of lawless men it will be made desolate.
Footnotes
- Sirach 16:3 The text of this line is uncertain
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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