12 There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death. Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob, for all these things will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins. (WEB) 13 Don’t accustom your mouth to gross rudeness, for it involves sinful speech. (WEB) 14 Remember your father and your mother, for you sit in the midst of great men, that you be not forgetful before them, and become a fool by your bad habit; so you may wish that you had not been born, and curse the day of your birth. (WEB)
Sirach 23:12–14
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Sirach 23:6–8
6 Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind. (WEB) 7 Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught. (WEB) 8 The sinner will be overpowered through his lips. By them, the insulter and the arrogant w… (WEB)
Proverbs 4:23–25
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. 24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech. 25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Job 15:4–6
4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. 5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
Sirach 8:10–12
10 Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned with the flame of his fire. (WEB) 11 Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man, lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth. (WEB) 12 Don’t lend to a man who is stronger than you; and if you lend, count it as a… (WEB)
Sirach 7:15–17
15 Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. (WEB) 16 Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. (WEB) 17 Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:10–12
10 because a jealous ear listens to all things, and the noise of murmurings is not hidden. (WEB) 11 Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul. (WEB) 12 Don’t court… (WEB)
Psalms 34:12–14
12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? 13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. 14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Ecclesiastes 5:5–7
5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. 6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For as many drea…
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