Top 25 Bible Verses About Foul Language (ESV)

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

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.

8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

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

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

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.

37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

10 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

11 “‘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.

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

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

10 For

  “Whoever desires to love life
    and see good days,
  let him keep his tongue from evil
    and his lips from speaking deceit;

4   A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
    but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

23   Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
    keeps himself out of trouble.

19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

21   Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
    and those who love it will eat its fruits.

36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”