Is it a sin to use profanity ?

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Is profanity a sin ?


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TheLearner

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Sirach 23:12-133
12 There is a manner of speaking comparable to death;
may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob!
Such conduct will be far from the godly,
and they will not wallow in sins.
Do not accustom your mouth to coarse, foul language, for it involves sinful speech.

Ephesians 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

Sirach 27:6
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so a person’s speech discloses the cultivation of his mind.

Sirach 32:12
Amuse yourself there to your heart’s content, but do not sin through proud speech.

Ezekiel 35:12
You shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all the abusive speech that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.”

Sirach 18:18
A fool is ungracious and abusive,

Zephaniah 3:9
At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.

Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Titus 2:8
and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

Jude 1:16
These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their own lusts; they are bombastic in speech, flattering people to their own advantage.
 

TheLearner

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Sirach 23:15
Those who are accustomed to using abusive language will never become disciplined as long as they live.

Colossians 3:8
But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.

Deuteronomy 32:20
He said: I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children in whom there is no faithfulness.

Proverbs 2:12
It will save you from the way of evil, from those who speak perversely,

Proverbs 3:32
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Proverbs 10:9
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.

Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Proverbs 15:4
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=perverse&version=NRSVCE

1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he shouted insults at them.

Jeremiah 51:51
We are put to shame, for we have heard insults; dishonor has covered our face, for aliens have come into the holy places of the Lord’s house.
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?qs_version=NRSVCE&quicksearch=+insult&startnumber=26
 

TheLearner

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From the scriptures I have posted, ask yourself, how do you want people to think you are?
 

JohnDB

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That's not a fair question to ask.
Actually it is...

The Laws are written on our hearts by God.

And salty language doesn't have to be used to degrade anyone. (Degrading others is a sin)

But some people do see it as a sin of the filth we humans carry in our hearts....or they have ears too pure to hear such things.

Just trying to understand.
 
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RaceBoy

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Actually it is...

The Laws are written on our hearts by God.

And salty language doesn't have to be used to degrade anyone. (Degrading others is a sin)

But some people do see it as a sin of the filth we humans carry in our hearts....or they have ears too pure to hear such things.

Just trying to understand.
Degrading someone could be a sin, but I'm referring to profanity in general
 

JohnDB

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Degrading someone could be a sin, but I'm referring to profanity in general
Degrading someone is a sin...there is no slice and dice about it.

This isn't exactly a new thing either...it's been in the rules since kindergarten...for a reason.
Jews who did such things got hauled before the Sanhidrin and were routinely horsewhipped for such an infraction. (two witnesses in agreement was all that was required)

however...coarse language was not a sin...Jesus used coarse language towards the Pharisees. (But since He is God...I'm not going to say that Jesus sinned whatsoever by using coarse language)

Language is subjective.
Words that are curse words in English are nothing in Spanish...and curse words in Spanish are nothing in English. Same with the UK...things you say here in America are not coarse language in the UK...and vice versa.
 

TheLearner

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I don't consider profanity to be a curse.
I supplied many verses about our lanuage that does not involve cursing someone.

Basically, how do you want people to think about you? I once had the driver of a cement truck show me his very low IQ --- knowing that his company only hired skinhead --- I blew him a kiss. He looked back at me like a dog and flipped his truck over on the curve. Since, that was next to a lake, I called the DNR who showed up with the Police. His company got hundreds of thousands in fines and went out of business.
 

TheLearner

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Degrading someone could be a sin, but I'm referring to profanity in general
pro·fan·i·ty
/prəˈfanədē/
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noun
blasphemous or obscene language.
"an outburst of profanity"
Similar:
oath
swear word
expletive
curse
obscenity
four-letter word
dirty word
execration
imprecation
blasphemy
swearing
foul language
bad language
cursing
cuss
cuss word
a swear word; an oath.
plural noun: profanities
"a man with bloodied chin mouthing profanities"
irreligious or irreverent behavior.
 
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RaceBoy

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Degrading someone is a sin...there is no slice and dice about it.

This isn't exactly a new thing either...it's been in the rules since kindergarten...for a reason.
Jews who did such things got hauled before the Sanhidrin and were routinely horsewhipped for such an infraction. (two witnesses in agreement was all that was required)

however...coarse language was not a sin...Jesus used coarse language towards the Pharisees. (But since He is God...I'm not going to say that Jesus sinned whatsoever by using coarse language)

Language is subjective.
Words that are curse words in English are nothing in Spanish...and curse words in Spanish are nothing in English. Same with the UK...things you say here in America are not coarse language in the UK...and vice versa.
Exactly, there's no real answer as to whether it's sinful or not, just strongly discouraged. Either way imma try to limit what I say anyway so....
 

JohnDB

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Exactly, there's no real answer as to whether it's sinful or not, just strongly discouraged. Either way imma try to limit what I say anyway so....
Using a lot of coarse language degrades you...so I'd agree that it's not a good practice
 
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James 1:26
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
26 If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

James 3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Taming the Tongue
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters,[a] for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4 Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.

How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.[c] 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters,[d] this ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters,[e] yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

Two Kinds of Wisdom
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for[f] those who make peace.

Footnotes
James 3:1 Gk brothers
James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
James 3:6 Gk Gehenna
James 3:10 Gk My brothers
James 3:12 Gk my brothers
James 3:18 Or by
James 2[/

Now if only this energy and effort could be put into stopping important things like child trannys.