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 a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. read more. The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.