# Foul Language

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/65


## Segment 1

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מִי שֶׁמְּדַבֵּר נִבּוּל־פֶּה, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁלִּבּוֹ חוֹשֵׁב מַחֲשָׁבוֹת אָוֶן.

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1. Someone who speaks foul language, it is certain that in his heart he thinks thoughts of sin.


## Segment 2

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עַל־יְדֵי נִבּוּל־פֶּה בָּא חֲנֻפָּה.

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2. Through foul language comes adulation.


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בַּעֲווֹן נִבּוּל־פֶּה צָרוֹת וּגְזֵרוֹת מִתְחַדְּשׁוֹת, וּבַחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵתִים, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וִיתוֹמִים וְאַלְמָנוֹת צוֹעֲקִים וְאֵינָם נַעֲנִין.

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3. From the sin of foul language, troubles and [evil] decrees are renewed, and the young men of Israel die, G-d forbid, and orphans and widows cry out and are not answered.


## Segment 4

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הַמְנַבֵּל פִּיו, אֲפִלּוּ חוֹתְמִין עָלָיו גְּזַר־דִּין שֶׁל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה לְטוֹבָה, הוֹפְכִין עָלָיו לְרָעָה, גַּם מַעֲמִיקִין לוֹ גֵיהִנֹּם, גַּם לַשּׁוֹמֵעַ וְשׁוֹתֵק.

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4. One who defiles his speech, even if they have sealed for him a decree of seventy years for good, they reverse it to bad. Also, they deepen Hell for him. This also applies to one who hears [such speech] and remains silent.


## Segment 5

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חָמוּר הַאוֹמֵר בְּפִיו מִן הָעוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂה.

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5. More stringent is one who speaks verbally than the one who performs an action.