Sirach 23:12-14
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Foul Language
12 There is a manner of speaking comparable to death;[a]
may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob!
Such conduct will be far from the godly,
and they will not wallow in sins.
13 Do not accustom your mouth to coarse, foul language,
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 bad habit;
then you will wish that you had never been born,
and you will curse the day of your birth.
Footnotes
- Sirach 23:12 Other ancient authorities read clothed about with death
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