3. Don't put much hope in their future or expect them to live a long time. One child who does the Lord's will is better than a thousand who do not. It is better to go to your grave with no children at all than to have children who are godless.
4. A city's population may grow because of the wisdom of one person, while a whole tribe of lawless people disappears.
5. I have seen such things many times and have heard of even more striking examples.
6. The Lord's flaming anger will break out against a small gathering of sinners or a disobedient nation.
7. He did not forgive those ancient giants who rebelled against him, confident of their own strength.
8. He detested the arrogance of the people among whom Lot lived, and he did not spare them.