Bible Verses about “foul language”

“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.”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”

“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”

“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”

“‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›”

“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.”

“Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”

“And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”

“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”

“‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›”

“‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›”

“But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”

“¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, ‹Hear, and understand:›”