What the Bible says about: Slander
| Deuteronomy 19:16-21 |
If a false witness rise up |
| Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; | |
| And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; | |
| Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. | |
| And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. | |
| And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. | |
| Psalms 15:1-3 |
LORD, who shall |
| He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. | |
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He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor |
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| Psalms 31:13 | For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. |
| Psalms 34:13 | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| Psalms 35:11 |
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| Psalms 38:12 | They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. |
| Psalms 50:20 | Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. |
| Psalms 109:2-3 |
For the mouth of the wicked and the |
| They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. | |
| Proverbs 6:19 | A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
| Proverbs 10:18 | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| Proverbs 11:9 | An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. |
| Proverbs 17:9 |
He that covereth a transgression |
| Proverbs 26:20 |
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| Proverbs 26:22 |
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the |
| Matthew 5:11 |
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you |
| Matthew 12:36 | But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. |
| Matthew 26:60 | But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, |
| 1 Peter 3:10 | For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: |
| Deuteronomy 19:16-21 |
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If a false witness rise up |
| Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; |
| And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; |
| Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. |
| And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. |
| And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. |
| Psalms 15:1-3 |
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LORD, who shall |
| He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. |
|
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor |
| Psalms 31:13 |
| For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. |
| Psalms 34:13 |
| Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| Psalms 35:11 |
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| Psalms 38:12 |
| They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. |
| Psalms 50:20 |
| Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. |
| Psalms 109:2-3 |
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For the mouth of the wicked and the |
| They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. |
| Proverbs 6:19 |
| A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
| Proverbs 10:18 |
| He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| Proverbs 11:9 |
| An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. |
| Proverbs 17:9 |
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He that covereth a transgression |
| Proverbs 26:20 |
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| Proverbs 26:22 |
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The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the |
| Matthew 5:11 |
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Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you |
| Matthew 12:36 |
| But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. |
| Matthew 26:60 |
| But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, |
| 1 Peter 3:10 |
| For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: |