Using Bad Language
10 passages
- Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:8–10
8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read it in context - Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
Read it in context - Proverbs 4:24
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
Read it in context - Psalm 34:12–14
12Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? 13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. 14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Read it in context - Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Read it in context - Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Read it in context - Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Read it in context - Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Read it in context - Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
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