“My children!
Listen to instruction
Concerning the mouth!
Whoever observes it
Will never be caught.
Sinners are overtaken
Through their lips.
By them,
The reviler is tripped up.
By them,
The arrogant are tripped up.”
Sirach wanted his readers to listen to his instructions about their mouths. Do not get caught up by saying something you might regret. It is usually the words that you utter from your mouth that causes problems for sinners, revilers, and the arrogant.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 