"But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness."
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Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.
But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,