Actually to CURSE is technically to speak a negative thing upon a person so as to cause them to be that way or experience that thing. So some CUSS words are actually curses. And the bible says LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE.
Well heck, some of the stuff you've said to me, then, is cursing!! You just reprimanded me for not being as nice to believers as I am to unbelievers. That was negative, Mike!!!
There is nothing in the Bible that says a person can't use a "bad word" or a "cuss word" either. "Thou shalt not lie" is another that is missing. (Bearing false witness is a form of lying, yes. Not all lies are false witness, and a person can bear false witness without saying anything. A voice inflection, a wink, or a shrug at the right time can indicate something that isn't true.)
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
(I should report you for that one and see if the mods figure it out. )
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What we make of the Bible will never be as great a thing as what the Bible will - if we let it - make of us.~Rich Mullins
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.~Galileo Galilei
Matthew 7:21 KJV Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
... "Thou shalt not lie" is another that is missing. (Bearing false witness is a form of lying, yes. Not all lies are false witness, and a person can bear false witness without saying anything. A voice inflection, a wink, or a shrug at the right time can indicate something that isn't true.)
but all liars will have their part in the lake of fire Rev. 21:8
MFBlume, I wouldn't recommend using cuss words or lying. But when we really look at the verses about those things, we learn a much deeper principle than what we've prided ourselves in keeping. Too many people think if they don't lie they're keeping the Commandment, but they gossip or slander others repeatedly without thinking a thing of it.
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What we make of the Bible will never be as great a thing as what the Bible will - if we let it - make of us.~Rich Mullins
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.~Galileo Galilei
You just reprimanded me for not being as nice to believers as I am to unbelievers. That was negative, Mike!!! 
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