Bible Verses About Swear Words
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for swear words, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,466 votes, led by Ephesians 4:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Swear Words
Ephesians 4:291,191 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.
Colossians 3:8795 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
James 5:12692 votes
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Ephesians 5:4-5596 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
James 3:10479 votes
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Exodus 20:7450 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.
Proverbs 13:3438 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
James 1:26372 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Matthew 5:33-37315 votes
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
2 Timothy 2:16313 votes
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
1 Peter 3:10274 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:
Matthew 5:37254 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Romans 12:14238 votes
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Ephesians 5:4238 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Psalms 10:7202 votes
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Galatians 5:19-21194 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 3:9-10194 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Hebrews 4:12191 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Matthew 12:36-37181 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 5:4-8142 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Matthew 5:22120 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Proverbs 21:23114 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Hosea 4:2114 votes
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Luke 6:45104 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Revelation 21:8103 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
What does the Bible say about swear words?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of swear words. Across 13,466 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:8, James 5:12, Ephesians 5:4-5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.