1. Don’t wish for a multitudeof worthless children,and don’t be glad about sons and daughters if they are ungodly.
2. If they have children,don’t rejoice over themunless they respect the Lord.
3. Don’t be confident that they will live,and don’t rely on their great number.One is better than a thousand,and it’s better to die childlessthan to have ungodly children.
4. A city will be populatedthrough one intelligent person,but a tribe of lawless peoplecan transform it into a desert.
5. My eye has seen many such things,and my ear has heard more extraordinary matters than these.