49 Bible Verses about accusations

If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses' body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing -- the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants -- I will vindicate them," says the Lord.

The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --

Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.

He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, 'I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,' but this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity!" The cloth must then be spread out before the city's elders.

Keep your distance from a false charge -- do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

May lying lips be silenced -- lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions' den -- they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption.

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

yet even angels, who are much more powerful, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.

nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.