Sirach 23:13
Good News Translation
Don't fall into the habit of coarse, profane talk; it is sinful.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not accustom your mouth to coarse, foul language, for it involves sinful speech.

Contemporary English Version
Avoid sin by training your mouth not to use bad language,

New American Bible
Do not accustom your mouth to coarse talk, for it involves sinful speech.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him, and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double:

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And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him, and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double:

Sirach 23:11
For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.

Sirach 23:12
A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.

Sirach 23:14
And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment.

Sirach 23:15
There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.

Context
Sirach 23
12A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house. 13And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him, and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double: 14And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment.…
Cross References
Sirach 23:11
For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.

Sirach 23:12
A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.

Sirach 23:14
And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment.

Sirach 23:15
There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 23:12
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