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Sirach 23:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 23:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Sinners are overtaken through their lips;
by them the reviler and the arrogant are tripped up.(A)
9 Do not accustom your mouth to oaths
nor habitually utter the name of the Holy One,(B)
10 for as a slave who is constantly under scrutiny
will not lack bruises,
so also the person who always swears and utters the Name
will never be cleansed[a] from sin.(C)
Footnotes
- 23.10 Syr be free
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