Bible Verses about “vulgarity”
The Bible contains 20 verses about vulgarity across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“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.”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“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.”
“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.”
“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”
“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
“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.”
“But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”
“For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:”
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?”
“¶ Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.”
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”
“¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.”