23 ¹² There is an utterance which is comparable to death;
may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob!
For all these errors will be far from the godly,
and they will not wallow in sins.
23 ¹³ Do not accustom your mouth to lewd vulgarity,
for it involves sinful speech.
23 ¹⁴ Remember your father and mother
when you sit among great men;
lest you be forgetful in their presence,
and be deemed a fool on account of your habits;
then you will wish that you had never been born,
and you will curse the day of your birth.
23 ¹⁵ A man accustomed to use insulting words
will never become disciplined all his days.