Bible Verses About Profanity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for profanity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 826 votes, led by Colossians 3:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Profanity
Colossians 3:892 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Matthew 12:3684 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Ephesians 5:4-778 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Exodus 20:777 votes
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
James 3:1062 votes
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
2 Timothy 2:1653 votes
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Proverbs 18:2150 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Psalms 34:1349 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Matthew 15:1142 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Ephesians 4:2938 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
1 Peter 3:1031 votes
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
1 Thessalonians 5:2229 votes
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Romans 12:222 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:119 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Peter 5:818 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Corinthians 10:1315 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
James 1:1914 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Deuteronomy 30:1911 votes
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Proverbs 12:1611 votes
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs 12:1811 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
2 John 1:9-1110 votes
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Revelation 9:1810 votes
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
What does the Bible say about profanity?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:8 on the subject of profanity. Across 826 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 12:36, Ephesians 5:4-7, Exodus 20:7. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.