Sirach 16:5DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 5 of 31
"By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate."
In context
3For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.
4And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.
5By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.
6Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.
7In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall dame out.