From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 3:14-18; 4:1-9
3:14 Blessed, too, the eunuch whose hand commits no crime, and who harbours no resentment against the Lord: a special favour will be granted to him for his loyalty, a most desirable portion in the temple of the Lord.
3:15 For the fruit of honest labours is glorious, and the root of understanding does not decay.
3:16 But the children of adulterers will not reach maturity, the offspring of an unlawful bed will disappear.
3:17 Even if they live long, they will count for nothing, their old age will go unhonoured at the last;
3:18 while if they die early, they have neither hope nor comfort on the day of judgement,
3:19 for the end of a race of evil-doers is harsh.
4:1 Better to have no children yet to have virtue, since immortality perpetuates its memory; for God and human beings both recognise it.
4:2 Present, we imitate it, absent, we long for it; crowned, it holds triumph through eternity, having striven for untainted prizes and emerged the victor.
4:3 But the offspring of the godless come to nothing, however prolific, sprung from a bastard stock, they will never strike deep roots, never put down firm foundations.
4:4 They may branch out for a time, but, on unsteady foundations, they will be rocked by the wind and uprooted by the force of the storm;
4:5 their branches, yet unformed, will be snapped off, their fruit be useless, too unripe to eat, fit for nothing.
4:6 For children begotten of unlawful bed witness, when put on trial, to their parents’ wickedness.
4:7 The upright, though he die before his time, will find rest.
4:8 Length of days is not what makes age honourable, nor number of years the true measure of life;
4:9 understanding, this is grey hairs, untarnished life, this is ripe old age.
Culled from the Good News Bible with Deuterocanonical Books