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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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.