Sirach 23:11-15

{23:11} Just as a servant, continually interrogated, will not be without a bruise, so everyone who swears oaths and takes God’s name will not be entirely free from sin.
{23:12} A man who swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity, and scourges will not depart from his house.
{23:13} And if he fails to fulfill it, his offense will be over him, and if he pretends he fulfilled it, he offends doubly.
{23:14} And if he swears an oath insincerely, he will not be justified. For his house will be filled with retribution for him.
{23:15} There is yet another kind of talk which faces death; let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.

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