Wisdom 3:12
Good News Translation
The woman he marries will turn out to be irresponsible, and his children will go wrong.

New Revised Standard Version
Their wives are foolish, and their children evil;

Contemporary English Version
Their wives are foolish; their children are evil

New American Bible
Their wives are foolish and their children wicked, accursed their brood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked.

Wisdom 3:10
But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord.

Wisdom 3:11
For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable.

Wisdom 3:13
Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.

Wisdom 3:14
And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.

Context
Wisdom 3
11For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable. 12Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. 13Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.…
Cross References
Wisdom 3:10
But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord.

Wisdom 3:11
For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable.

Wisdom 3:13
Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.

Wisdom 3:14
And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 3:11
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