Bible Verses About Cursing

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: