37 Bible Verses about Cursing

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which is evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen; doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?read more.
is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water is able to make.

for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

'Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

but according as He who did call you is holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I am Jehovah.

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Cursed is he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed is he Who is withholding his sword from blood.

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Swift are their feet to shed blood.read more.
Ruin and misery are in their ways. And a way of peace they did not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

sober, pure, keepers of their own houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded; concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,read more.
discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility, discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'