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    remove evil desire from my heart.
Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me;
    do not give me up to shameless desires.(A)

Proper Use of the Tongue[a]

Listen, my children, to instruction concerning the mouth,
    for whoever keeps it will not be ensnared.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:7–15 A warning against sins of the tongue through misuse of the sacred Name, against thoughtless swearing (vv. 7–11), blasphemy (v. 12), coarse talk (vv. 13–14), and abusive language (v. 15).