Profanity and Swearing

Ted E. Brewerton April 1983 Sunday Afternoon Session

Scripture citations

  1. Exodus 20:7

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    Which of the Lord’s Ten Commandments is probably broken the most frequently?

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  2. Psalms 72

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    Socrates said to a young man who was introduced to him, “Talk in order that I may see you.” (Communication of Ideas, p.

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  3. Acts 1

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    We reveal ourselves with our speech.

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  4. Song of Solomon 1

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    We reveal ourselves with our speech.

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  5. Colossians 3:8

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    “But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
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  6. Jeremiah 23:10

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    “For because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.” (Jer.

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  7. Psalms 38

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    “How is that accomplished?

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  8. Doctrine and Covenants 31:9

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    Politeness achieves much more than answering rudeness with rudeness.

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  9. Doctrine and Covenants 108:7

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    “Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your prayers, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings.”
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  10. Ephesians 4:29

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    “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
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  11. Doctrine and Covenants 136:23

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    “… Let your words tend to edifying one another.” (D&C 136:23–24.)

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  12. Isaiah 28:23

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    “Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.”
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