Sirach 23:13-15
Common English Bible
13 Don’t grow accustomed
to saying coarse things,
because to do so is to engage
in sinful speech.
14 Remember your father and mother,
because you sit in the council
among officials.
This way, you won’t forget yourself
in front of them
and act foolishly out of habit—
then you’d wish
that you hadn’t been born,
and you’d curse the day of your birth.
15 People who are accustomed
to reproachful words
will never learn anything
their whole life.
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