52 Bible Verses about Swearing
Want to know what the Bible says about Swearing? Here are 52 Bible verses about Swearing from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Matthew 15:11 NIV
What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
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James 4:7 NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Proverbs 4:24 NIV
Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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Matthew 12:36-37 NIV
36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Matthew 5:22 NIV
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
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Matthew 26:74 NIV
Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately a rooster crowed.
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Psalm 19:14 NIV
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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Psalm 10:7 NIV
His mouth is full of lies and threats;
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
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Psalm 109:17 NIV
He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.
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