Parallel SIR 23:7

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BrLXX Παιδείαν στόματος ἀκούσατε τέκνα, καὶ ὁ φυλάσσων οὐ μὴ ἁλῷ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ.
(Paideian stomatos akousate tekna, kai ho fulassōn ou maʸ halōi en tois ⱪeilesin autou. )

BrTr Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.

WEBBE ⇔ Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth.
⇔ He who keeps it will not be caught.

KJB-1611 Heare, O yee children, the discipline of the mouth: He that keepeth it, shall neuer be taken in his lippes.
(Hear, O ye/you_all children, the discipline of the mouth: He that keepeth/keeps it, shall never be taken in his lippes.)