The Wisdom of Solomon 4:1-9

[1] Better than this is childlessness with virtue,
for in the memory of virtue is immortality,
because it is known both by God and by men.
[2] When it is present, men imitate it,
and they long for it when it has gone;
and throughout all time it marches crowned in triumph,
victor in the contest for prizes that are undefiled.
[3] But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use,
and none of their illegitimate seedlings will
strike a deep root
or take a firm hold.
[4] For even if they put forth boughs for a while,
standing insecurely they will be shaken by the wind,
and by the violence of the winds they will be uprooted.
[5] The branches will be broken off before they come to maturity,
and their fruit will be useless,
not ripe enough to eat, and good for nothing.
[6] For children born of unlawful unions
are witnesses of evil against their parents
when God examines them.
[7] But the righteous man, though he die early, will be at rest.
[8] For old age is not honored for length of time,
nor measured by number of years;
[9] but understanding is gray hair for men,
and a blameless life is ripe old age.