Sirach 23:12-17
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12 There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.
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13 Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of sin.
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14 Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse they day of thy nativity.
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15 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.
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16 Two sorts of men multiply sin, and the third will bring wrath: a hot mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till it be consumed: a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he hath kindled a fire.
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17 All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.