17 Bible Verses about Character Assassination

He that hates dissembles with his lips and lays up deceit within him; when he speaks fair, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

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

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

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood; and in thee they eat upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

Thou shalt not travel about as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the LORD.

These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,read more.
a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.

The perverse man sows strife, and the tale bearer separates princes.

He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with which ye are sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be taken away from you, with all malice,read more.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God has forgiven you in Christ.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear was on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Do not hold thy peace, O God of my praise; for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause.

The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbour, but the just are delivered with wisdom.

For the violent one shall be done away with, and the scorner shall be consumed, and all those that rose early unto iniquity shall be cut off: Those that made men to sin in word; those that laid a snare for him that reproved in the gate, and turned that which is just into vanity.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.

But the disobedient Jews stirred up the Gentiles and corrupted their desire against the brethren.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads and saying, Thou that wouldst destroy the temple and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross . Likewise also the princes of the priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,read more.
He saved others; he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross , and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him, for he said, I am the Son of God. The thieves also, who were crucified with him, reproached him with the same.