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14 Bible Verses About Cussing

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  • Colossians 3:8 lists “filthy language” among the things to get rid of, next to anger, rage, malice and slander.
  • The word translated “unwholesome” in Ephesians 4:29 is sapros, rotten, the word Matthew 12:33 uses for a bad tree.
  • James 3:9-10 objects to cursing people because they “have been made in God’s likeness.”
  • Exodus 20:7 forbids misusing God’s name; the Hebrew phrase pairs nasa, to lift, with shav, emptiness, and the King James Version reads “in vain.”
  • In Matthew 5:33-37, “swear” means taking an oath, which Jesus tells his hearers not to do at all.

The Bible speaks to each thing the word cussing covers: filthy or coarse talk, cursing other people, and misusing the name of God. Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 5:4 and Colossians 3:8 name the first, Romans 12:14 and James 3:9-10 the second, and Exodus 20:7 the third. Jesus traces all speech back to the heart: “the mouth speaks what the heart is full of” (Matthew 12:34). Proverbs 12:18 and 18:21 set out what words do to the one who hears them and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 4550, σαπρός (sapros): rotten, corrupt, bad; used of the bad tree in Matthew 12:33 and of talk in Ephesians 4:29. biblehub.com/greek/4550

Strong’s Greek 148, αἰσχρολογία (aischrologia): filthy language, obscene speech. biblehub.com/greek/148

Strong’s Hebrew 7723, שָׁוְא (shav): emptiness, vanity, falsehood. biblehub.com/hebrew/7723

Strong’s Hebrew 5375, נָשָׂא (nasa): to lift, bear, carry. biblehub.com/hebrew/5375

Bible Hub, Exodus 20:7 Hebrew interlinear: nasa (“you shall take”) with shav (“in vain”). biblehub.com/interlinear/exodus/20-7

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