Bible verses about "profanity" | ACV

Romans 12:1

1 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.

1 Peter 5:8

8 Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.

Ephesians 4:29

29 Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Romans 12:2

2 And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Matthew 15:11

11 Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

1 Peter 3:10

10 For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.

Psalms 34:13

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

Proverbs 18:21

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

2 Timothy 2:16

16 But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety,

James 3:10

10 Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.

Matthew 12:36

36 But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

Exodus 20:7

7 Thou shall not take the name of LORD thy God in vain, for LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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