Holding your tongue will protect you from entangling yourself in your words, as the godless man does. Swear not on the holy one with your mouth. For as a servant that is continually scourged will not lack a bruise, so he also that swears and names God continually will not be cleansed from sin. If a man makes thoughtless oaths, he has indeed sinned, and if he does not keep his oath, he has sinned doubly. If he swears falsely, he will not be justified. There is a manner of speech which is similar to death: everyone should avoid it. All of these things will be far from those who fear the Lord. Accustom not your mouth to gross rudeness. Remember your father and your mother when you sit in the midst of great men, lest you become a fool. For whosoever speaks shamefully will not be corrected all the days of his life.