The sinfulness of fallen human nature can express itself in speech, provoking God's displeasure and causing enmity and division amongst people.

Matthew 12:33-35

Evil speech comes from a corrupt heart

See also

Proverbs 2:12-15; 24:1-2
Matthew 15:10-11
Luke 6:43-45

pp Mk 7:14-15

Micah 6:12-13

Evil speech is a feature of a corrupt society

See also

Isaiah 6:5; 59:1-4,12-15
Jeremiah 9:1-9
Romans 1:29-32
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Proverbs 12:22

Evil speech provokes God's displeasure

See also

Proverbs 6:16-19
Exodus 20:7

Kinds of evil speech

Profaning God's name

See also

Exodus 22:28

pp Dt 5:11

Leviticus 19:12
Psalms 139:19-20
Psalms 5:9

See also

Lies and deceit

Psalms 36:3; 52:1-4; 62:4
Proverbs 14:5,25; 15:4; 17:20
Psalms 94:4

See also

Foolish boasting

Psalms 10:2-6; 12:3-4
Isaiah 10:12-14
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
James 4:13-16
2 Peter 2:17-18
Proverbs 11:12

See also

Ridicule and insults

1 Samuel 17:41-44
2 Kings 2:23-24
Nehemiah 2:19
Proverbs 9:7
Lamentations 2:15-16
Matthew 5:22; 27:39-44
John 9:28-29

pp Mk 15:29-32

pp Lk 23:35-39

Numbers 12:1-15

See also

Criticism and complaint

Numbers 16:1-50
1 Samuel 17:28
Proverbs 19:13; 21:9,19; 25:24
Acts 11:2-3
Philippians 2:14-15
Leviticus 19:16

See also

Slander

1 Kings 21:1-14
Proverbs 10:18
James 4:11
Exodus 21:17

See also

Cursing

2 Samuel 16:5-8
Proverbs 20:20
James 3:9-10
Proverbs 16:28

See also

Gossip

Proverbs 11:13; 17:9; 20:19
Ephesians 5:4

See also

Obscenity

Colossians 3:8
Psalms 107:41-42

Evil speech is silenced

See also

By God's actions

Psalms 63:11
Ezekiel 16:63
1 Peter 2:15

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By believers' blameless lives

Titus 2:7-8

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5800 blasphemy
5803 carelessness
5820 criticism
5827 curse
5868 gossip
5893 insults
5925 rashness
6121 boasting
6145 deceit
8763 forgetting
8815 ridicule