17 Bible Verses about Profanity
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panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father will go in to the same woman, to defile My holy name.
But you are profaning it when you say, The table of Jehovah, it is polluted; and its fruit, His food, is to be despised.
And I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and defile the Sabbath day?
Is there not one Father to us all? Has not one God created us? Why do we act deceitfully, each man with his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers.
And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
And you shall not swear by My name falsely; nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
He shall not take a widow or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
No man of the seed of Aaron, the priest, in whom there is a blemish shall come near to offer the fire offerings of Jehovah. He has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. He shall eat the bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy. Only he shall not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; so that he does not profane My sanctuaries. For I, Jehovah, do sanctify them.
And anyone that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Jehovah. And that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by going whoring, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.
By the multitude of your goods they have filled your midst with violence, and you have sinned. So I cast you profaned from the height of God, and I destroy you, O covering cherub, from among the stones of fire.
And you shall keep My commandments, and do them. I am Jehovah. And you shall not profane My holy name. But I will be holy among the sons of Israel. I am Jehovah who is sanctifying you, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Jehovah.
And you, O house of Israel, so says the Lord Jehovah: Every man go and serve his idols, and do so from now on if you will not listen to Me. But never again defile My holy name with your gifts and with your idols.
Now therefore, what have I here, says Jehovah, that My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule make them howl, says Jehovah; and without ceasing My name is blasphemed every day. Therefore My people shall know My name; So it shall be in that day, for I am He who speaks; behold, it is I.
And I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel. And I will not let them profane My holy name any more. And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel.
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Again you shall say to the sons of Israel, Any man of the sons of Israel or of the strangers who live in Israel, that gives any of his seed to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My holy name.read more.
And if the people of the land in any way hide their eyes from the man when he gives of his seed to Molech, and do not kill him, then I will set My face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go lusting after him to commit adultery with Molech, from among their people.
But these, as unreasoning natural brute animals having been born for capture and corruption, speak evil of the things that they do not understand. And they will utterly perish in their own corruption,
From Thematic Bible
Profanity » Blasphemy » General references to
Among these are Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.
your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says Jehovah, they that burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed Me on the hills. And I will measure their former work into their bosom.
And I stood on the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. And on its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads was the name of blasphemy.
And they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores. And they did not repent of their deeds.
And the son of the woman of Israel blasphemed the name of Jehovah, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. (And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
Profanity » Blasphemy » Against Christ
But the Pharisees said, He throws out demons by the ruler of the demons.
But when the Pharisees heard, they said, This one does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.
But some of them said, He casts out demons through Beelzebub the chief of the demons.
Profanity » Forbidden
You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.
And you shall not swear by My name falsely; nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
But I say to you, Do not swear at all! Not by Heaven, because it is God's throne;