What the Bible says about: Profanity
| Exodus 20:7 | Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. |
| Psalms 109:17-19 | As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. |
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As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come |
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| Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. | |
| Isaiah 32:6 | For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. |
| Matthew 12:34-37 | O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. |
| A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. | |
| But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. | |
| For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. | |
| Ephesians 4:29 | Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. |
| Colossians 3:8-9 | But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. |
| Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; | |
| Colossians 4:6 | Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
| James 5:12 | But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. |
| Exodus 20:7 |
| Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. |
| Psalms 109:17-19 |
| As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. |
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As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come |
| Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. |
| Isaiah 32:6 |
| For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. |
| Matthew 12:34-37 |
| O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. |
| A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. |
| But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. |
| For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. |
| Ephesians 4:29 |
| Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. |
| Colossians 3:8-9 |
| But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. |
| Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; |
| Colossians 4:6 |
| Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
| James 5:12 |
| But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. |