1. You should not rejoice in impious children, if they are successful; nor should you take delight in them, if the fear of God is not in them.
2. You should not approve of their life, nor should you look with favor on their labors.
3. For one child who fears God is better than one thousand impious children.
4. And it is better to die without children, than to leave behind impious children.
5. By means one person with understanding, a country will be inhabited. The tribe of the impious will become desolate.