| WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT... PROFANITY / LYING Exodus 20:7 7 "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. James 3:1-12 1 Let no many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. 3 Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, we direct their entire body as well. 4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder, wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. 11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water 12 Can a fig tree, My brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water produce fresh. Ephesians 4:29 29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 5:4 4 And there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Colossians 3:1-10 1 If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. 5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed which amounts to idolatry. 6 For it is on the account of these things that the wrath of God will come, 7 And in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, 10 And have put on the new self, who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him. 1 Peter 2:1-3 1 Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, 2 Like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it may grow in respect to salvation 3 If you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. |