Sirach 23:7

Instruction about the mouth

7 Listen, my children, to instruction about your mouth; whoever follows my instruction will never succumb to it.

Sirach 23:7 In-Context

5 turn desire away from me.

6 Don't allow gluttony or sexual desire to overtake me, and don't hand me over to a shameless spirit.

7 Listen, my children, to instruction about your mouth; whoever follows my instruction will never succumb to it.

8 The lips of sinners will seize them and make abusers and the arrogant stumble.

9 Don't let your mouth get used to making solemn pledges, and don't get accustomed to saying the name of the holy one.

Footnotes

• [a]. The title appears in Gk manuscripts.