Proverbs 16:21
King James Version
21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent:
and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
What comes out from your mouth?
Sweet words, or profanity?
Kindness, or anger?
Compassion, or cruelty?
Help, or stumblingblocks?
Blessings, or curse?
What is profanity?
Merriam-Webster defines it as:
"the use of profane language"
But what is "profane"?
Again, Merriam-Webster defines it as:
-- secular
-- unsanctified
-- irreverent
-- obscene
-- vulgar
Other descriptions come to mind:
-- abusive
-- contemptuous
-- ungodly
The Bible gives us examples:
Exodus 20:7
King James Version
7 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.
Proverbs 6:12
King James Version
12 A naughty person,
a wicked man,
walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs 21:9
King James Version
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Colossians 3:8
King James Version
8 But now ye also put off all these;
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,
filthy communication out of your mouth.
2 Timothy 2:16
King James Version
16 But shun profane and vain babblings:
for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
James 1:26
King James Version
26 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.
James 3:6-8
King James Version
6 And the tongue is a fire,
a world of iniquity:
so is the tongue among our members,
that it defileth the whole body,
and setteth on fire the course of nature;
and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts,
and of birds,
and of serpents,
and of things in the sea,
is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame;
it is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison.
How to be FREE from profanity?
Become born again.
The born again is taught by the HOLY SPIRIT.
SPIRIT will teach you all things JESUS.
SPIRIT teaches us HOLINESS.
Look what JESUS taught us:
Matthew 12:31-33
King James Version
31 Wherefore I say unto you,
All manner of sin and blasphemy
shall be forgiven unto men:
but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man,
it shall be forgiven him:
but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world,
neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good;
or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt:
for the tree is known by his fruit.
Matthew 12:35-37
King James Version
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you,
That every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Matthew 15:11
King James Version
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth
defileth a man;
but that which cometh out of the mouth,
this defileth a man.
Matthew 15:18-20
King James Version
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth
come forth from the heart;
and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man:
but to eat with unwashen hands
defileth not a man.
Look what James taught us:
James 3:10-18
King James Version
10 Out of the same mouth
proceedeth blessing and cursing.
My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place
sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?
either a vine, figs?
so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man
and endued with knowledge among you?
let him shew out of a good conversation
his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying
and strife in your hearts,
glory not,
and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above,
but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is,
there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above
is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle,
and easy to be intreated,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality,
and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Look what king Solomon taught us:
Proverbs 25:15
King James Version
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded,
and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In tenderness, is CHRIST.
For He is PRINCE of PEACE.
Isaiah 9:6
King James Version
6 For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor,
The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
Let us, therefore, take counsel, from the PRINCE of PEACE.
Only through JESUS, can man have peace.
Only then can we speak good things.
And never profanity.
That is the ideal.
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