Ben Sira 23:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me;
do not give me up to shameless desires.(A)
Proper Use of the Tongue[a]
7 Listen, my children, to instruction concerning the mouth,
for whoever keeps it will not be ensnared.
8 Through the lips the sinner is caught;
by them the reviler and the arrogant are tripped up.
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