Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 23:7

Παιδείαν στόματος ἀκούσατε, τέκνα, καὶ ὁ φυλάσσων οὐ μὴ ἁλῷ.
King James Version (KJV)

Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.

Modern English

Listen, children, to instruction about the mouth: whoever keeps it will never be trapped by his own lips.

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