26 Bible Verses about Cursing

Let no bad word pass your lips, but only such speech as is good for edification, as occasion may require, words that are gracious and a means of grace to those who hear them.

no, nor indecent, silly, or scurrilous talk ??all that is improper. Rather, voice your thanks to God.

Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile.

The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.

With the tongue we bless the Lord and Father, and with the tongue we curse men made in God's likeness; blessing and cursing stream from the same lips! My brothers, this ought not to be. Does a fountain pour out fresh water and brackish from the same hole?read more.
Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives? Or a vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

he who would love Life and enjoy good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile:

but off with them all now, off with anger, rage, malice, slander, foul talk!

blessing and cursing stream from the same lips! My brothers, this ought not to be.

Above all, my brothers, never swear an oath, either by heaven or by earth or by anything else; let your "yes" be a plain "yes," your "no" a plain "no," lest you incur judgment.

as He who called you is holy, so you must be holy too in all your conduct ??16 for it is written, You shall be holy because I am holy.

Avoid all that profane jargon, for it leads people still further into irreligion,

Bless those who make a practice of persecuting you; bless them instead of cursing them.

Their throat is an open grave, they are treacherous with their tongues, the venom of an asp lies under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, their feet are swift for bloodshed,read more.
their ways bring destruction and calamity, they know nothing of the way of peace; there is no reverence for God before their eyes.

to be mistress of themselves, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the gospel. Tell the young men also to be masters of themselves at all points; set them an example of good conduct; be sincere and serious in your teaching,read more.
let your words be sound and such that no exception can be taken to them, so that the opposite side may be confounded by finding nothing that they can say to our discredit.

Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

let your talk always have a saving salt of grace about it, and learn how to answer any question put to you.

So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire! And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell.

set them an example of good conduct; be sincere and serious in your teaching, let your words be sound and such that no exception can be taken to them, so that the opposite side may be confounded by finding nothing that they can say to our discredit.

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."