Sirach 23:12-14

Revised Standard Version

¹² There is an utterance which is comparable to death;^[a]
    may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob!
For all these errors will be far from the godly,
    and they will not wallow in sins.
¹³ Do not accustom your mouth to lewd vulgarity,
    for it involves sinful speech.
¹⁴ Remember your father and mother
    when^[b] you sit among great men;
lest you be forgetful in their presence,
    and be deemed a fool on account of your habits;
then you will wish that you had never been born,
    and you will curse the day of your birth.