23 Bible Verses about Slander

And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

And thou have also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah. And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou are falling away to the Chaldeans.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.

And they put forward FALSE witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.

But others, mocking said, They are filled of wine.

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

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.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.

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

But the rulers of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Think thou that David honors thy father, in that he has sent comforters to thee? Has not David sent his servants to thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to ov

But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

And thou have also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah. And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou are falling away to the Chaldeans.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.

And they put forward FALSE witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.

But others, mocking said, They are filled of wine.

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

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.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.

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

But the rulers of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Think thou that David honors thy father, in that he has sent comforters to thee? Has not David sent his servants to thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to ov

But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.

Thou shall not bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.

Neither shall thou bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders. They are brass and iron. They all of them deal corruptly.

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.

Thou shall not take up a FALSE report. Do not put thy hand with the wicked man to be an unrighteous witness.

During which they think it strange of you not running together into the same pouring out of debauchery, while they slander.

Those also who seek after my life lay snares [for me]. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

for they have opened against me the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.

Pilate therefore said to him, Then thou a king? Jesus answered, Thou say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth. Every man who is of the truth hears m

Therefore Pilate then took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers having woven a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put around him a purple garment. And they said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they gave him slaps. read more.
Therefore Pilate again went forth outside, and says to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, so that ye may know that I find not one cause in him. Jesus therefore came outside, wearing the thorny crown and the purple robe. And he says to them, Look at the man!

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

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.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.

My enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we sha

being slandered, we entreat. We became as trash of the world, an offscouring of all things, until now.

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days, and the judges shall make diligent inquiry. And, behold, if the witness is a FALSE witness, and has testified falsely against his brother, read more.
then ye shall do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. And those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. And thine eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t

having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;

For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t

being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?

through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true;

There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:

a FALSE witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,

Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.

Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.

and they did not find it. And although many FALSE witnesses came, they did not find it.

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.

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood, and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains. In the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.

My enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

This is the reward of my adversaries from LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.

They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,

And especially those going rear of flesh in a degenerate lust, and who despise lordship. Reckless, self-willed men, they do not tremble when speaking evil of dignities.

Nevertheless in the same way also these men who dream, indeed defile flesh, and reject lordship, and speak evil of dignities.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did thou not go with me, Mephibosheth? And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For thy servant said, I will saddle for me a donkey, that I may ride on it, and go with the king, because thy servant is lame. read more.
And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is as an agent of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes. For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet thou set thy servant among those who ate at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king? And the king said to him, Why do thou speak any more of thy matters? I say, thou and Ziba divide the land. And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yea, let him take all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem, for he said, Today the house of Israel will restore for me the kingdom of my father.

And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him?

Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon?

The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets, and thou say, If any man keeps my word, he will, no, not taste of death, into the age.

Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the Sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

Ye have heard the blasphemy. What does it seem to you? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death.

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

being slandered, we entreat. We became as trash of the world, an offscouring of all things, until now.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And he inquired of LORD for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob. And they came to the king, all of them.

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 the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now it came to pass, the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. Because the accuser of our brothers was cast out, who accuses them before

Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor. I am LORD.

and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?

through glory and disrepute, through slander and commendation; as deceitful, and yet true;

And they spoke many other things against him, railing against him.

But they were emphatic, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee as far as here.

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.

And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.

Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.

Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

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

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.

And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.

But the rulers of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Think thou that David honors thy father, in that he has sent comforters to thee? Has not David sent his servants to thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to ov

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this ma

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem, for he said, Today the house of Israel will restore for me the kingdom of my father.

a FALSE witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy, but thou, who are thou who judge the other man?

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings,

And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?

The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.

The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and he has gotten all this glory of that which was our father's.

in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou are building the wall. And thou would be their king according to these words.

Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lay with me, and I cried with a loud voice. And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got out. And she laid up his garment by her until his master came home. read more.
And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou have brought to us, came in to me to mock me. And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. read more.
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

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.

And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. And the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [character], and set forth in the Syrian [tongu Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this way. Then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, read more.
and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest beyond the River, and so forth. This is a copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth. Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from thee have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and the evil city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations. Be it known now to the king, that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings. Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and certified to the king, that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers. So thou shall find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces. And that they have made sedition wi We certify to the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means thou shall have no portion beyond the River.

Thou shall not take up a FALSE report. Do not put thy hand with the wicked man to be an unrighteous witness.

Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work, to slander no man, to be noncontentious, meek, showing all mildness to all men.

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, nor do they keep the king's

Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thou love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. For the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not gi

Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God.

whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,

Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work, to slander no man, to be noncontentious, meek, showing all mildness to all men.

Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now it came to pass, the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. Because the accuser of our brothers was cast out, who accuses them before

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,

The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

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

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

being slandered, we entreat. We became as trash of the world, an offscouring of all things, until now.

The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.

Thou love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.