Sirach 23:15-17

Good News Translation

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. ¹⁷ To such a man all women are desirable, and he can never get enough as long as he lives.