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Bible Verses About Using Bad Language
Find Bible verses about using bad language — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about using bad language?
The Bible addresses using bad language with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Nehemiah 13:24
“and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.”
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Genesis 11:9
“Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.”
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Genesis 11:7
“Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."”
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Isaiah 28:11
“But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and in another language;”
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Acts 22:2
“When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,”
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Psalms 19:3
“There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.”
Isaiah 19:18
“In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called "The city of destruction."”
Deuteronomy 28:49
“Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;”
1 Thessalonians 2:5
“For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),”
Acts 2:8
“How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?”
Isaiah 33:19
“You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.”
Job 15:5
“For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.”
Genesis 11:1
“The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.”
Isaiah 36:13
“Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!”
Acts 2:6
“When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.”
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Isaiah 36:11 — “Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we u...”
Genesis 10:5 — “Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after ...”
Acts 2:4 — “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit ga...”
1 Corinthians 13:1 — “If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding bras...”
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