23 Bible Verses about Slander

Then Eli said to her, “How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”

You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together.”

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are going over to the Chaldeans!”

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Then Eli said to her, “How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”

You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together.”

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are going over to the Chaldeans!”

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
Going about as a talebearer.
They are bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face. read more.
Pilate came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him." Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

My enemies speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”

For I have heard the whispering of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
All my trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

"If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing, then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. "The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely, read more.
then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. "The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you. "Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

He who conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.

A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;

There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward,

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.

For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

My enemies speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”

Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who speak evil against my soul.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.

All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they devise my hurt, saying,

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause.

A Psalm of David.
O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority.Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. It was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?" So he answered, "O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,' because your servant is lame. read more.
"Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight. "For all my father's household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should complain anymore to the king?" So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'" Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house."

Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.’

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

Then 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 brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;

And they were saying many other things against Him, blaspheming.

But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.

At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.

and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”

Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”

A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Do not speak against one another, brethren He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?

He who conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth.”

In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed. "When he heard that I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside." So she left his garment beside her until his master came home. read more.
Then she spoke to him with these words, "The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me; and as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king ' Then take him out and stone him to death." So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them. read more.
They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic. Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows-- then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites, read more.
and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the River. Now this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him: "To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men in the region beyond the River, and now let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations. "Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom or toll, and it will damage the revenue of the kings. "Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king, so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past days; therefore that city was laid waste. "We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River."

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”

The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.

A Psalm of David.
O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

Then 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 brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land,

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.