James 3:8-10 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

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What is profanity? Webster’s: characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious, common or vulgar

Exodus 20:7 "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”

Matthew 12:36-37 “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

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Profanity in the Media The Parents Television Council says children watching TV during the first hour of primetime, once dubbed the family hour, now encounter violence, profanity or sexual content every 3 and ½ minutes of non-commercial airtime. FCC and the Radio

Matthew 15:17-20 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man...."

Ephesians 5:4 “…neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.”

Time for some Greek Morologia (pronounced mo-rol-og-ee'-ah):speech that shows how foolish a person is Eutrapelia (pronounced yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah): vulgar jesting Kenos (pronounced ken-os'): empty, vain; an absence and emptiness of good; the presence of evil.

Leviticus 19:12 “And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I Am the LORD.”

Now for some Hebrew Shav (pronounced shawv): emptiness, vanity, falsehood, nothingness, emptiness of speech, lying, and worthlessness

Some more Greek! Argos (pronounced ar-gos'): idle, unprofitable Kataroamai: language meant to wish evil or ruin

Matthew 5:34-37 “But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your ’Yes’ be ’Yes,’ and your ’No,’ ’No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.”

Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”

Colossians 3:8, 4:6 “But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.” “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”

Galatians 4:16 “Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?”

2 Timothy 1:13 “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.”