Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A large family is nothing to be desired if the children are worthless. Godless children are nothing to be proud of. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them. Sirach 15:21He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin; Sirach 15:22 For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable 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. Context Sirach 16… 1Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them. 2Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.… Cross References Sirach 15:21 He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin; Sirach 15:22 For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable 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. |