17 Bible Verses about Character Assassination

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart.

Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.

'Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul. Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood -- A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- read more.
A false witness who doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,read more.
and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity, Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads, and saying, 'Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building it, save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.' And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,read more.
'Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him; he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said -- Son of God I am;' with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.