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Sirach 23:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 23:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 Do not accustom your mouth to lewd ignorance,
for it involves sinful speech.
14 Remember your father and mother
when you sit among the great,
or you may forget yourself in their presence,
and behave like a fool through habit;
then you will wish that you had never been born,
and you will curse the day of your birth.(A)
15 Those who are accustomed to using abusive language
will never become disciplined as long as they live.
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