17 Bible Verses about Character Assassination

He that hates disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself; When he speaks graciously, believe him not: 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 you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

In you are men that slander to shed blood: and in you they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness.

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: 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.

A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.

He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:read more.
And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

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 your precepts with my whole heart.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Hold not your 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 against me with a lying tongue. They surrounded me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

For the ruthless one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

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

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds embittered against the brethren.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself. If you be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, saying,read more.
He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be 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, reviled him the same way.