14 Bible Verses about Slander

the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.

And they accused him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that he is an anointed king.

and brought forward false witnesses who said, This man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the law;

But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine.

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

the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.

And they accused him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that he is an anointed king.

and brought forward false witnesses who said, This man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the law;

But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine.

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

And the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, no one; and be contented with your wages.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.

Speak not one against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

in which they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excessive intemperance, blaspheming,

And they accused him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that he is an anointed king.

Then Pilate said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, As you say, I am a king. For this was I born, and for this I came into the world, that I should testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth hears my voice.

Then Pilate took and scourged Jesus. And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head; and they put a purple garment about him, and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they struck him with the open hand. read more.
Then Pilate came out again and said to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him. Then Jesus came out, wearing the thorny crown and the purple garment. And he said to them, Behold the man!

being defamed we entreat; we are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all things, even till now.

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

being filled with all wickedness, malice, covetousness, vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions, whisperers,

For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;

evil speakers, haters of God, injurious, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

And as we are falsely accused and as some declare that we say, [do we say] Let us do evil that good may come? Whose judgment is just.

with honor and dishonor, with evil report and good report; as deceivers and true,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.

Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,

having a good conscience, that in what they speak evil of you they may be ashamed who slander your good conduct in Christ.

having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation,

and did not find it, though many false witnesses came forward. But afterwards, two coming forward

For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,

But I tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an account in a day of judgment;

But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain.

For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies:

The good man out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil man out of the evil brings forth evil; for out of the abundance of the heart its mouth speaks.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,

but especially those who walk after the flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise goverment. Presumptuous, self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories,

In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.

and many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him?

The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?

The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, If any one shall keep my word he shall never taste death.

Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

You have heard the blasphemy; what do you think? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death.

being defamed we entreat; we are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all things, even till now.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon; the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now has come the salvation and power and kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of the brothers, that accused them day and night before God, has been cast [to the earth].

And as we are falsely accused and as some declare that we say, [do we say] Let us do evil that good may come? Whose judgment is just.

with honor and dishonor, with evil report and good report; as deceivers and true,

And they reviled him with many other words.

And they were more violent, saying, He excites the people, teaching in all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.

and at the same time also, being idle, they learn to go from house to house, and not only are they idle, they are also tattlers and mischief makers, saying what they ought not.

having a good conscience, that in what they speak evil of you they may be ashamed who slander your good conduct in Christ.

having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation,

The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, circumspect, faithful in all things.

and at the same time also, being idle, they learn to go from house to house, and not only are they idle, they are also tattlers and mischief makers, saying what they ought not.

Speak not one against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one law-giver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you that judge a neighbor?

he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake.

Admonish them to be subject to principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

Then they bribed men who said, We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

Admonish them to be subject to principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now has come the salvation and power and kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of the brothers, that accused them day and night before God, has been cast [to the earth].

the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, circumspect, faithful in all things.

But I tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an account in a day of judgment;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.

being defamed we entreat; we are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all things, even till now.

Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake.