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Want to know what the Bible says about Using Profanity? Here are 198 Bible verses about Using Profanity 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 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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Titus 3:2 NIV
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
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Ephesians 5:6 NIV
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
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Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 NIV
21 Do not pay attention to every word people say,
    or you may hear your servant cursing you—
22 for you know in your heart
    that many times you yourself have cursed others.
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Psalm 109:28 NIV
While they curse, may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.
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Genesis 3:14 NIV
So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust
    all the days of your life.
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Matthew 23:12 NIV
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
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James 3:8 NIV
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Romans 3:14 NIV
    “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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James 3:5-6 NIV
5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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