23 ⁷ Listen, my children, to instruction concerning speech;
the one who observes it will never be caught.
23 ⁸ The sinner is overtaken through his lips,
the reviler and the arrogant are tripped by them.
23 ⁹ Do not accustom your mouth to oaths,
and do not habitually utter the name of the Holy One;
23 ¹⁰ 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.
23 ¹¹ 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.