Sirach 23 — GMV

23 Verse 1 O Lord, Father and Governor of my life, ^{Verse 2} Who will set scourges over my thoughts, ^{Verse 3} Lest mine ignorances increase, ^{Verse 4} O Lord, Father and God of my life, ^{Verse 5} Turn away concupiscence from me. ^{Verse 6} Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; ^{Verse 7} Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: ^{Verse 8} The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: ^{Verse 9} Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; ^{Verse 10} For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: ^{Verse 11} A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, ^{Verse 12} There is a word that is clothed about with death: ^{Verse 13} Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, ^{Verse 14} Remember thy father and thy mother, ^{Verse 15} The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words ^{Verse 16} Two sorts of men multiply sin, ^{Verse 17} All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, ^{Verse 18} A man that breaketh wedlock, ^{Verse 19} Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, ^{Verse 20} He knew all things ere ever they were created; ^{Verse 21} This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, ^{Verse 22} Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, ^{Verse 23} For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; ^{Verse 24} She shall be brought out into the congregation, ^{Verse 25} Her children shall not take root, ^{Verse 26} She shall leave her memory to be cursed, ^{Verse 27} And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord,