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Listen, my children, to instruction concerning speech; the one who observes it will never be caught.
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The sinner is overtaken through his lips, the reviler and the arrogant are tripped by them.
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Do not accustom your mouth to oaths, and do not habitually utter the name of the Holy One;
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for as a servant who is continually examined under torture will not lack bruises, so also the man who always swears and utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
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A man who swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity, and the scourge will not leave his house; if he offends, his sin remains on him, and if he disregards it, he sins doubly; if he has sworn needlessly, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities.
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There is an utterance which is comparable to death; 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.
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Do not accustom your mouth to lewd vulgarity, for it involves sinful speech.
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Remember your father and mother when 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
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A man accustomed to use insulting words will never become disciplined all his days.
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Two sorts of men multiply sins, and a third incurs wrath. The soul heated like a burning fire will not be quenched until it is consumed; a man who commits fornication with his near of kin will never cease until the fire burns him up.
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To a fornicator all bread tastes sweet; he will never cease until he dies.