Bad Words

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked <FI>is<Fi> before me.'

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

<FI> Mem.<Fi> O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it <FI>is<Fi> my meditation.

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

The way of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. — read the full passage →

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

but according as He who did call you <FI>is<Fi> holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things--being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue <FI>is<Fi> perverseness and iniquity,

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth. — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, <FI>Is<Fi> the word spoken at its fit times.

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might--not right.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

A sepulchre opened <FI>is<Fi> their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Joy <FI>is<Fi> to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

In transgression of the lips <FI>is<Fi> the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. — read the full passage →

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked <FI>is<Fi> before me.' — read the full passage →

If thus he say: Good; peace <FI>is<Fi> for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him--know that the evil hath been determined by him; — read the full passage →

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →