The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus 23

1O Lord, Father and Master of my life, 2Who will set scourges over my thought, my heart pass not by their sins: 3That my ignorances be not multiplied, The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. 4O Lord, Father and God of my life, proud look, Gr. lifting up of eyes. The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. 5And turn away concupiscense from me. The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. 6Let not greediness and chambering overtake me; Gr. appetite of the belly. 7Hear you⌃, my children, the discipline of the mouth; 8The sinner will be overtaken in his lips; Most authorities read left. 9Accustom not your mouth to an oath; 10For as a servant that is continually scourged will not lack a bruise, God continually will not be cleansed from sin. 11A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity; 12There is a manner of speech that is clothed about with death: 13Accustom not your mouth to gross rudeness, 14Remember your father and your mother, 15A man that is accustomed to words of reproach 16Two sorts of men multiply sins, burned out the fire. Or, made a fire blaze up 17All bread is sweet to a fornicator: 18A man that goes astray from his own bed, 19—And the eyes of men are his terror, 20All things were known to him or ever they were created; 21This man will be punished in the streets of the city; 22So also a wife that leaves her husband, 23For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High; 24She shall be brought out into the congregation; 25Her children will not spread into roots, 26She will leave her memory for a curse; 27And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, 28Verse 28 is omitted by the best authorities.