1 It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men. (WEB) 2 When it is present, people imitate it. They long after it when it has departed. Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph, victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled. (WEB) 3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root, nor will they establish a sure hold. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 4:1–3
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Sirach 44:12–14
12 Their offspring stand fast, with their children, for their sakes. (WEB) 13 Their offspring will remain forever. Their glory won’t be blotted out. (WEB) 14 Their bodies were buried in peace. Their name lives to all generations. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 3:15–17
15 For good labors have fruit of great renown. The root of understanding can’t fail. (WEB) 16 But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away. (WEB) 17 For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old a… (WEB)
Sirach 26:20–22
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Sirach 46:11–13
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Sirach 30:3–5
3 He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him. (WEB) 4 His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself. (WEB) 5 In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was wit… (WEB)
Sirach 37:25–27
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Wisdom of Solomon 1:14–16
14 For he created all things that they might have being. The generative powers of the world are wholesome, and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor has Hades royal dominion upon earth; (WEB) 15 for righteousness is immortal, (WEB) 16 but ungodly men by their hands and the… (WEB)
Sirach 39:8–10
8 He will show the instruction which he has been taught and will glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord. (WEB) 9 Many will commend his understanding. So long as the world endures, it won’t be blotted out. His memory won’t depart. His name will live from generation… (WEB)
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