16 Bible Verses About Bad Language (ESV)

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This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Bad Language (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Bible Verses About Bad Language

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Ephesians 4:29

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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Colossians 3:8

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

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Ephesians 5:4

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

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7

1 Corinthians 3:16

16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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6

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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5

Titus 1:11

11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

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4

John 8:44

44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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3

Acts 26:11

11 And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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3

John 16:33

33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

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3

1 John 4:1

4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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3

James 1:26

26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

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3

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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3

Romans 12:14

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

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3

Luke 12:10

10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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Proverbs 6:5

  save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
    like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Proverbs 5:6

  she does not ponder the path of life;
    her ways wander, and she does not know it.

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