17 Bible Verses about Character Assassination

He who hates pretends with his lips and stores up deceit within him. When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him; for seven hateful things are in his heart.

He has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.

Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;

In you are men of slander to shed blood; and in you they eat on the mountains; in your midst they do unchaste acts.

You shall not go as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am Jehovah.

These six Jehovah hates; yea, seven are hateful to his soul: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,read more.
a false witness who speaks lies, and he who causes fighting among brothers.

A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed until the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and tumult and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.read more.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.

The proud have forged a lie against me; I will keep Your Commandments with all my heart.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, do not be silent; for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they spoke against me with a lying tongue. And they surrounded me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

A hypocrite corrupts his neighbor with his mouth; but through knowledge the just shall be delivered.

For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is destroyed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off; those who make a man guilty by a word, and lay a trap for the reprover in the gate, and turn aside the just for a worthless thing.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the nations and made them evil-hearted against the brothers.

And those who passed by blasphemed Him, shaking their heads, and saying, You destroying the temple and building it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. And in the same way also the chief priests mocked, with the scribes and elders, saying,read more.
He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him. (For He said, I am the Son of God.) And also the thieves who were crucified with Him reviled Him, saying the same.