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O that whips were set over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my mind! That they may not spare me in my errors, and that it may not pass by my sins;
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in order that my mistakes may not be multiplied, and my sins may not abound; then I will not fall before my adversaries, and my enemy will not rejoice over me.
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O Lord, Father and God of my life, do not give me haughty eyes
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and remove from me evil desire.
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Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me, and do not surrender me to a shameless soul.
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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.