49 Bible Verses about accusations

If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing,

Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

"A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

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

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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

But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you."

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."

He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,

Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.

He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.

And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."

Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

Now the chief priests and the whole Councilwere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

and behold, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, "I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity." And yet this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the cloak before the elders of the city.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions--they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."

These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.

Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.

do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.