Reference: Evil Speaking
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EVIL SPEAKING in the Bible covers sins of untruthfulness as well as of malice. It includes abuse, thoughtless talebearing, imputing of bad motives, slander, and deliberate false witness. Warnings against it are frequent; it is forbidden in the legislation of the OT (Ninth Commandment; De 19:16-19) and of the NT (Mt 5:22; 12:32; 15:19). Christians must expect this form of persecution (Mt 5:11), but must be careful to give no handle to it (Ro 14:16; Tit 2:8; 1Pe 2:12; 3:16).
C. W. Emmet.
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If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days, read more. and the judges shall make diligent inquiry. And, behold, if the witness is a FALSE witness, and has testified falsely against his brother, then ye shall do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.
But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age, nor in the one that is coming.
For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
sound speech, irreproachable, so that the man of opposition may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.