39 Bible Verses about Bad Language

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

For the land is full of adulterers;
the land mourns because of the curse,
and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.
Their way of life has become evil,
and their power is not rightly used

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.

We praise our Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it. Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way. Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening? read more.
Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.

I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;

For the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

Now I am coming to You,
and I speak these things in the world
so that they may have My joy completed in them.
I have given them Your word.
The world hated them
because they are not of the world,
as I am not of the world.
I am not praying
that You take them out of the world
but that You protect them from the evil one.
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They are not of the world,
as I am not of the world.

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
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ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
and the path of peace they have not known.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,
but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered. In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching. read more.
Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, God’s wrath comes on the disobedient, and you once walked in these things when you were living in them. read more.
But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator. In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all. Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

A gentle answer turns away anger,
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.

Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.

Search for the Lord and for His strength;
seek His face always.

Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”