17 Bible Verses about Character Assassination

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Proverbs 26:24-25

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him: when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Job 19:9

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Matthew 23:34

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;

Ezekiel 22:9

In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

Proverbs 6:16-19

These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;read more.
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.

Ephesians 4:29-32

Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;read more.
and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

Psalm 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

Psalm 109:1-3

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent: For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

Isaiah 29:20-21

For the terrible one shall come to nought, and the scorner shall be no more, and all that watch for iniquity shall be cut off, that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility.

Acts 14:2

But the Jews who did not believe stirred up the minds of those of the nations and made them evil-affected against the brethren.

Matthew 27:39-44

But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross. And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,read more.
He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him. He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will have him. For he said, I am Son of God. And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

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