23 Bible Verses about Slander

And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you."

And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together."

But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.

When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans."

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."

But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."

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

and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,

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

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

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

But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will 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 to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you."

And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together."

But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.

When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans."

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."

But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."

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

and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,

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

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

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

But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will 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 to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

"'And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, 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 evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.

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

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands. read more.
Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him." So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!"

My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?"

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my close friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him."

when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, read more.
then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish--that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish--that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

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

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

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

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

And why not do evil that good may come?--as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him:

a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

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

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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

but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

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

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?"

May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him 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 about me; they imagine the worst for me.

They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety. And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?" He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.' For your servant is lame. read more.
He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you. For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?" And the king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land." And Mephibosheth said to the king, "Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home."

And the king said, "And where is your master's son?"Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'"

Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?"

The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.

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

when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

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

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, and he inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at 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, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."

And 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 brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

And why not do evil that good may come?--as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him.

But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."

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

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

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

And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of 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, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm."

And the king said, "And where is your master's son?"Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'"

a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, "Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth."

In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.

"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house." Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, read more.
and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house."

And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death." And the men of his city, the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, read more.
they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of 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 to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned; he is dead."

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated. Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows: Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the judges, the governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites, read more.
and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River. (This is a copy of the letter that they sent.) "To Artaxerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations. Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired. Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king's dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king, in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste. We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River."

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

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 abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."

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

and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

And 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 brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."

And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land--

Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

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, angry looks.

You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.