Bible Quotes About Using Bad Language

“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.”

“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?”

“Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. a froward: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips”

“The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.”

“He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.”

“Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”

“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”

“Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Where no: Heb. Without wood talebearer: or, whisperer ceaseth: Heb. is silent”

“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”

“Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”

“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. to: or, to edify profitably”

“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”

“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”

“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

“My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. condemnation: or, judgment”