Sirach 23:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 Remember your father and mother
when you sit among the great,
or you may forget yourself in their presence,
and behave like a fool through habit;
then you will wish that you had never been born,
and you will curse the day of your birth.(A)
15 Those who are accustomed to using abusive language
will never become disciplined as long as they live.
Concerning Sexual Sins
16 Two kinds of individuals multiply sins,
and a third incurs wrath.
Hot passion that blazes like a fire
will not be quenched until it burns itself out;
those who commit incest with their near of kin
will never cease until the fire burns them up.(B)
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