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• She will be taken before the assembly and questioned about her children. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 24)

• The children will not be able to take root; their branches will not bear fruit. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 25)

• I think of nine things which I consider happy and a tenth to which I will also refer: the man who finds his happiness in his children; the man who sees the ruin of his enemies in his lifetime. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 7)

• Beware even of your own children. (Ecclesiasticus 32, 22)

• It is preferable for your children to be dependent on you, than that you be obliged to depend on them. (Ecclesiasticus 33, 22)

• The children of the ungodly will not be blessed with large families; they are like plants taking root on sheer rock, (Ecclesiasticus 40, 15)

• The name of a man who has children or who has established a town will live on, but to have found wisdom is a greater good. Owning cattle and plantations brings fame, but a perfect wife is a richer blessing. (Ecclesiasticus 40, 19)

• Abominable people, such are the children of sinners who gather in the houses of the ungodly. (Ecclesiasticus 41, 5)

• An ungodly father will be insulted by his children, for they hold him responsible for their disgrace. (Ecclesiasticus 41, 7)

• My children, keep my teaching and live in peace. Of what use is hidden wisdom and unseen treasure? (Ecclesiasticus 41, 14)

• of making a profit whether small or great, of bargaining with traders, and of being strict with children, of severe corporal punishment for a servant who deserves it. (Ecclesiasticus 42, 5)

• Is she a virgin? She may be seduced and become pregnant in her father's house! Is she married? She may be unfaithful or unable to have children! (Ecclesiasticus 42, 10)