Sirach 23:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ You might forget yourself while in the company of important people and make a fool of yourself with some foul word that comes to you naturally. Think how your parents would feel! You would curse the day you were born and wish you were dead! ¹⁵ If you fall into the habit of using offensive language, you will never break yourself of it as long as you live.

Sexual Sins

¹⁶ There are any number of ways to sin and bring down the Lord's anger, but sexual passion is a hot, blazing fire that cannot be put out at will; it can only burn itself out. A man who lives for nothing but sexual enjoyment will keep on until that fire destroys him.