bad words
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29Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
8But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
4nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.
36But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.
15And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please, along with the meditation of my heart, in your sight, forever, O Lord, my helper and my redeemer.
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Whoever values it shall eat from its fruits.
26But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.
7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.
8Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.
23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from anguish.
6Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.
45A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good. And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.