23 Bible Verses about Slander

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it 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 hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, 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 art falling away to the Chaldeans.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

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

and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Take ye heed every 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 defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

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

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it 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 hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, 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 art falling away to the Chaldeans.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

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

and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Take ye heed every 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 defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

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

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Neither shalt 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 sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Take ye heed every 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 railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

wherein they think strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of of :

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

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

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment; and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands. read more.
And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him. Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And Pilate'saith unto them, Behold, 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 defaming of many, Terror 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 hath seen it.

Mine 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, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; read more.
then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. And those that 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'shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be'strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be'strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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

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

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth 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 why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

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

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror 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 that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

Mine enemies speak evil against me,'saying , When will he die, and his name perish?

This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

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

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

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at 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 was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame. read more.
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel 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 didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king? And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land. And Mephibosheth said unto the king, yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house.

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death.

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

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even 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 Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, 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 that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

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

And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.

But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.

For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

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

wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words.

Blessed are ye when men'shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Take ye heed every 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 unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie 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 him out. And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. read more.
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto 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 didst curse 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 unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto 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 bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character , and set forth in the Syrian tongue . Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 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, the Elamites, 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 of the country beyond the River, and so forth. This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth. Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations. Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful unto the kings. Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king; that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste. We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

And Haman said unto 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; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue.

Then said they, 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 give heed to any of his words.

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

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

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

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,

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue.

Blessed are ye when men'shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.