Sirach 16:1–2
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Latin
1Do not desire a multitude of useless children,
nor rejoice in ungodly sons.
2If they multiply, do not rejoice in them,
unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
Copyright 1952, 1946, 1971, 1957, 1977 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.