using bad language

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.

⁴nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.

⁸But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth. ⁹Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds, ¹⁰and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,

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.

²⁴Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you.

¹¹A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man.”

¹³Which is the man who wills life, who chooses to see good days? ¹⁴Prohibit your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. ¹⁵Turn away from evil, and do good. Inquire about peace, and pursue it.

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.

¹My brothers, not many of you should choose to become teachers, knowing that you shall receive a stricter judgment. ²For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around. ³For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around. ⁴Consider also the ships, which, though they are great and may be driven by strong winds, yet they are turned around with a small rudder, to be directed to wherever the strength of the pilot might will. ⁵So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest. ⁶And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.

⁶Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.

¹¹The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.

²³Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from anguish.

¹Better is the poor who walks in his simplicity, than the rich who twists his lips and is unwise.

²⁰When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.

¹⁸Lying lips conceal hatred; whoever brings forth contempt is unwise.

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.