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Sirach 23:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity. The scourge will not depart from his house. If he offends, his sin will be upon him. If he disregards it, he has sinned doubly. If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities. "

Sirach 23:11

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9 Don’t accustom your mouth to an oath, and don’t be accustomed to naming the Holy One,

10 for as a servant who is continually scourged will not lack bruises, so he also who swears and continually utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.

11 A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity. The scourge will not depart from his house. If he offends, his sin will be upon him. If he disregards it, he has sinned doubly. If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities.

12 There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death. Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob, for all these things will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins.

13 Don’t accustom your mouth to gross rudeness, for it involves sinful speech.

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Sirach 23:1

"O Lord, Father and Master of my life, don’t abandon me to their counsel. Don’t let me fall because of them."

Sirach 23:2

"Who will set scourges over my thought, and a discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not for my errors, and not overlook their sins?"

Sirach 23:3

"Otherwise my errors might be multiplied, and my sins abound, I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me."

Sirach 23:4

"O Lord, Father and God of my life, don’t give me a haughty eyes,"

Sirach 23:5

"and turn away evil desire from me."

Sirach 23:6

"Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind."

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