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The Bible does not contain what we know now as "curse words." Cursing at the time of the Bible usually meant placing a curse on someone, not saying a certain word that isn't polite to say. The word "damn," for instance, is used in the Bible, but it has now lost much of its original meaning, which was to condemn someone to hell, and is now thought of by many people as a bad word in itself. The only instance I know of in the Bible that might possibly be similar to our use of "curse words" is in Matthew 26:73, 74:

And after a while came unto [him] they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art [one] of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

Then began he to curse and to swear, [saying], I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

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