Bible Verses About Using Profanity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for using profanity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 36,538 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 Using Profanity
Colossians 3:82,209 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Ephesians 4:292,076 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.
Matthew 12:36-371,603 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
James 3:101,518 votes
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Ephesians 5:41,428 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Matthew 15:10-111,341 votes
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
James 1:261,082 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.
Proverbs 21:23912 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
2 Timothy 2:16909 votes
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
James 3:6-8857 votes
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Psalms 19:14814 votes
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Exodus 20:7688 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.
Psalms 141:3673 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Luke 6:45672 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.
Proverbs 4:24637 votes
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Matthew 5:37612 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Psalms 34:13-14572 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 6:12496 votes
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Romans 12:2486 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.
Colossians 4:6473 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Proverbs 18:21420 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 15:11378 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Psalms 10:7372 votes
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Matthew 5:22369 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.
1 Peter 3:10369 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:
What does the Bible say about using profanity?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:8 on the subject of using profanity. Across 36,538 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:29, Matthew 12:36-37, James 3:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.