Sin & Temptation
Bible Verses About using profanity
17 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about using profanity. This collection of 17 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Colossians 3:8 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.” |
17 Key Scriptures
“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“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”
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
James 3:10KJV
“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
“And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:”
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.”
James 1:26KJV
“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”
“But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”
“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. course: Gr. wheel”
James 3:6KJV
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. strength: Heb. rock”
Psalms 19:14KJV
“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.”
Exodus 20:7KJV
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
Luke 6:45KJV
“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
Psalms 141:3KJV
“Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. a froward: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips”
“But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”
Matthew 5:37KJV
“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”
Psalms 34:13KJV
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