39 Bible Verses about Bad Language

Let not any foul word go out of your mouth, but if any good to the building of necessity, that it might give grace to them hearing.

For the land was filled from adulteries, for from the face of these the land mourned, the beautiful things of the desert were dried up, and their race will be evil, and their strength not right

If any among you seem to be religious, bridling not his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one vain.

Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not cleanse him who shall take his name in vain.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forward the good thing; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forward the evil thing: for out of the abundance of the heart does his month speak.

And before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor any other oath: and let your yea be yea; and nay, nay; that ye fall not under. judgment.

With it we praise the God and Father; and with it we curse men, those made according to the similitude of God. Out of the same month comes forth blessing and cursing. There is no need, my brethren, for these things so to be. Much less from the same aperture does a fountain bubble out sweet and bitter?read more.
The fig tree, my brethren, cannot make olives, or the vine, figs: so no fountain can make salt and sweet water.

And I say to you, That every idle word which men speak, they shill return word for it in the day of judgment. For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned.

But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back;

For he wishing to love life, and to see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit:

And we know that to them loving God, all things work together for good, to them being called according to the setting up.

Thou shalt not lift up the name of Jehovah thy God for evil, for Jehovah will not acquit whoever shall lift up his name for evil.

And ye shall not swear in my name for falsehood, and profane the name of thy God: I Jehovah.

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that I might have my joy completed in them. I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, for they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. I ask not that thou take them out of the world, but that thou keep them from the evil.read more.
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

And be ye not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, for you to prove what the good, and the pleasing, and the perfected will of God.

For the word of God living, and effective, and more piercing than any two-mouthed sword, and penetrating even to the division both of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrows, and a critic of the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

And obscenity, and silly discourse, or wit, which things concern not; but rather thankfulness.

They spake words swearing falsehood, cutting out a covenant: and judgment broke forth as the head upon the furrows of the field

And he will love cursing, and it shall come to him: and he delighted not in praise, and it shall be far from him.

Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and harshness: Their feet active to pour out blood:read more.
Bruising and grievous toil in their ways: And the way of peace they knew not: The fear of God is not before their eyes.

Praise them driving you out: praise ye, and curse not.

The mouth of the just one shall germinate wisdom: and the tongue of perverseness shall be cut off.

Of sound mind chaste, remaining at home, good subordinates to their own husbands, that the word of God be not defamed. The younger men likewise beseech to be of sound mind. Concerning all things hold thyself a type of good works: in doctrine, integrity, gravity, incorruptibility,read more.
The word sound, not to be condemned; that he from the opposite may be changed, having nothing bad to say of you.

Therefore kill your members that are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For these comes the Wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: In which also ye then walked, when ye lived in them.read more.
And now ye also put them all away; anger, wrath, badness, slander, shameful language out of your mouth. Lie not to one another, having put off the old man with big deeds; And having put on the new, being renewed in knowledge according to the image of him having created him: Where no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, free: but Christ all things, and in all. Put on therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassions, kindnesses, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (Bearing one another, propitiating one another, if any have a complaint against any: as also Christ propitiated for you, so also ye.)

Thou shalt give to the wise one and he will be more wise: make known to the just one and he will add receiving.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, and a word of pain will bring up anger.

For reckon over him having endured such contradiction of the sinful against himself, lest being harassed, ye labor in your souls.

Thou shalt not fear, for I am with thee: thou shalt not look around for help for I thy God will strengthen thee; also I helped thee; also I held thee up with the right hand of my justice.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength, seek his face always.

Your word always in grace, Seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer one another.

Then began he to anathematize, and to swear, That I know not the man: and quickly the cock uttered a sound.

His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.

And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such is no law.

Also if I shall go into the valley of the shadow of death, I shall not be afraid of evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they will comfort me.

No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.

And my flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away.

For I knew the purposes which I purposed concerning you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace, and not for evil, to give to you the last part and expectation.

But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ,

These have I spoken to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world shall ye have pressure; but take courage; I have conquered the world.