14 Bible Verses about Slander

The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"

But the Pharisees kept on saying, "It is by the help of the prince of the demons that He drives them out."

Here they began to make the following charges against Him: "We have found this fellow corrupting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar and claiming to be a king himself."

Then they put up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and against the law,

But others in derision were saying, "They are running over with new wine."

"For John the Baptist came eating no bread and drinking no wine, and yet you say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"

But the Pharisees kept on saying, "It is by the help of the prince of the demons that He drives them out."

Here they began to make the following charges against Him: "We have found this fellow corrupting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar and claiming to be a king himself."

Then they put up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and against the law,

But others in derision were saying, "They are running over with new wine."

"For John the Baptist came eating no bread and drinking no wine, and yet you say, 'He has a demon!'

Then some soldiers too were asking him, "What ought we too to do?" So he said to them, "Never extort money from anyone, never make a false accusation, and always be satisfied with your wages."

You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.

Stop talking against one another, brothers. Whoever is in the habit of talking against a brother or of criticizing his brother is criticizing and condemning the law. But if you are in the habit of criticizing the law, you are not a practicer but a critic of the law.

They are astonished that you are not still rushing hand in hand with them into the same excesses of profligate living, and they abuse you for it;

Here they began to make the following charges against Him: "We have found this fellow corrupting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar and claiming to be a king himself."

Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."

So then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. And the soldiers made a crown out of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple coat on Him, and kept marching up to Him and saying, "All hail, you king of the Jews!" each one slapping Him on the face. read more.
And Pilate went outside again and said to the Jews, "Listen! I am going to bring Him out to you, for you to see that I can find no ground for a charge against Him." So Jesus came outside still wearing the crown of thorns and the purple coat. Then Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"

When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

I repeat it, I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, rivalries, slanders, gossiping, haughty pride, and disorders,

because they overflow with every sort of evil-doing, wickedness, greed, and malice; they are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, ill-will;

I repeat it, I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, rivalries, slanders, gossiping, haughty pride, and disorders,

they are secret backbiters, open slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of evil, undutiful to parents,

Why should we not say, as people abusively say of us, and charge us with actually saying, "Let us do evil that good may come from it"? Their condemnation is just.

in honor or dishonor, in slander or praise; considered a deceiver and yet true,

You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.

So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,

and keep your conscience clear, so that those who bitterly abuse your excellent conduct as Christians may be ashamed of slandering you.

Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.

but they could not, although many false witnesses came forward to testify. At last two men came forward

For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment;

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witnessing, irreverent speech.

The good man, out of his good inner storehouse, brings forth what is good, the bad man, out of his bad one, what is bad. For a man's mouth usually speaks the things that fill his heart.

For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

especially those who satisfy their lower nature by indulging in its evil passions which defile them, and who despise authority. Daring, headstrong men! They do not tremble when they abuse persons of majesty,

In just the same way these dreamers defile the body, discard authority, and deride the majesties.

Many of them said, "He is under the power of a demon and is going crazy. Why are you listening to Him?"

Then the Jews answered Him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are under the power of a demon?"

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that you are under the power of a demon. Abraham is dead; the prophets too, and yet you say, 'If anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death.'

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

Did you hear His own blasphemy? What do you think now?" And they all condemned Him as deserving to die.

When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

For John came neither eating nor drinking with others, and yet they said, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "The salvation, power, and kingdom of our God, and the sovereignty of His Christ, have already come, because the accuser of our brothers, who always day and night accuses them before our God, has been hurled down.

Why should we not say, as people abusively say of us, and charge us with actually saying, "Let us do evil that good may come from it"? Their condemnation is just.

in honor or dishonor, in slander or praise; considered a deceiver and yet true,

And they continued to say many other abusive things to Him.

But they continued emphatically insisting, "He is exciting the people by teaching all over Judea. He started in Galilee and now He is here."

Besides, as they get the habit of gadding about from house to house, they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, talking of things they ought not to mention.

and keep your conscience clear, so that those who bitterly abuse your excellent conduct as Christians may be ashamed of slandering you.

Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.

The deaconesses too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate and perfectly trustworthy.

Besides, as they get the habit of gadding about from house to house, they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, talking of things they ought not to mention.

Stop talking against one another, brothers. Whoever is in the habit of talking against a brother or of criticizing his brother is criticizing and condemning the law. But if you are in the habit of criticizing the law, you are not a practicer but a critic of the law. There is but one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who has the power to save and to destroy; then who are you that you presume to judge your brother?

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

Constantly remind people to submit to and obey the rulers who have authority over them, so as to be ready for any good enterprise, to stop abusing anyone, to be peaceable, fair-minded, showing perfect gentleness to everybody.

So they instigated men to say, "We have heard him speaking abusive words against Moses and God."

and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to the Emperor's decrees, because they claim there is another king, Jesus."

And the high priests kept piling up accusations against Him.

Constantly remind people to submit to and obey the rulers who have authority over them, so as to be ready for any good enterprise, to stop abusing anyone, to be peaceable, fair-minded, showing perfect gentleness to everybody.

the older women, too, to be reverent in their deportment, and not to be slanderers or slaves to heavy drinking, but to be teachers of what is right,

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "The salvation, power, and kingdom of our God, and the sovereignty of His Christ, have already come, because the accuser of our brothers, who always day and night accuses them before our God, has been hurled down.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"

The deaconesses too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate and perfectly trustworthy.

So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment;

You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.

When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.