26 Bible Verses about Cursing
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You must stop letting any bad word pass your lips, but only words that are good for building up as the occasion demands, so that they will result in spiritual blessing to the hearers.
there must be no indecency, silly talk or suggestive jesting, for they are unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.
The good man, out of his good inner storehouse, brings forth what is good, the bad man, out of his bad one, what is bad. For a man's mouth usually speaks the things that fill his heart.
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth flow blessing and cursing! It ought not to be like this, my brothers. A fountain cannot pour from the same opening fresh and brackish water, can it?read more.
A fig tree, my brothers, cannot bear olives, or a grape-vine figs, can it? And a salt spring cannot furnish fresh water.
For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
But now you too must once for all put them all aside -- anger, rage, malice, and abusive, filthy talk from your lips.
Out of the same mouth flow blessing and cursing! It ought not to be like this, my brothers.
Above all, my brothers, stop swearing, either by heaven or by the earth, or by anything else. Let your "Yes" mean Yes, and your "No," No, so as to keep from falling under condemnation.
but in accordance with the Holy Being who has called you, you must prove to be holy too,
Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,
Keep on blessing your persecutors; keep on blessing and stop cursing them.
Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouths are full of bitter cursing. Their feet are swift for shedding blood,read more.
Ruin and wretchedness are on their paths, They do not know the way of peace. There is no reverence for God before their eyes."
to be serious, pure, home keepers, kind, and subordinate to their husbands, so as not to cause God's message to suffer reproach. Keep urging the younger men to be sensible. In everything you yourself continue to set them a worthy example of doing good; be sincere and serious in your teaching,read more.
let your message be wholesome and unobjectionable, so that our opponent may be put to shame at having nothing evil to say about us.
Do not be so misled: "Evil companionships corrupt good character."
Always let your conversation be seasoned with salt, that is, with winsomeness, so that you may know how to make a fitting answer to everyone.
So the tongue, too, is a little organ but can boast of great achievements. See how a spark, ever so tiny, can set a vast forest on fire! And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell.
In everything you yourself continue to set them a worthy example of doing good; be sincere and serious in your teaching, let your message be wholesome and unobjectionable, so that our opponent may be put to shame at having nothing evil to say about us.
continue to bless those who curse you, and continue to pray for those who abuse you.
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."
From Thematic Bible
Cursing » General references to
Cursing » Of parents
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death,'
Cursing » Forbidden
Keep on blessing your persecutors; keep on blessing and stop cursing them.
continue to bless those who curse you, and continue to pray for those who abuse you.
Out of the same mouth flow blessing and cursing! It ought not to be like this, my brothers.
Cursing » Examples of
Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man!" And at once a cock crowed.
Cursing » The precepts of jesus concerning
continue to bless those who curse you, and continue to pray for those who abuse you.
But I tell you, practice loving your enemies and praying for your persecutors,
Cursing » Shimei curses david
Cursing » Apostolic
For just as we have many parts united in our physical bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing
Topics on Cursing
Cursing God
1 Corinthians 12:3So I want to inform you that no one speaking under the power of the Spirit of God can say, "Jesus is accursed!" and no one except one under the power of the Holy Spirit can really say, "Jesus is Lord!"
Cursing The Ungodly
Galatians 1:8But even if I or an angel from heaven preach a good news that is contrary to the one which I have already preached to you, a curse upon him!
Cursing Things
Mark 11:21And Peter remembered about it, and said to Him, "Look, Teacher! The fig tree which you cursed has withered!"
God Cursing
Hebrews 6:8But if it continues to yield thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless and in danger of being cursed, and its final fate is burning.
Ungodly Cursing
James 3:9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in God's likeness.
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