14 Bible Verses about Slander

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

[vs omitted but shown in footnote] But the Pharisees said, "He casts out daemons by the prince of daemons."

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law!

Some others sneered, "They are brim-full of new wine!"

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

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

[vs omitted but shown in footnote] But the Pharisees said, "He casts out daemons by the prince of daemons."

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law!

Some others sneered, "They are brim-full of new wine!"

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

Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice;

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and it astonishes them that you will not plunge with them still into the same flood of profligacy. They abuse you,

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe, marching up to him and shouting, "Hail, king of the Jews!" ??and striking him. read more.
Again Pilate went out and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you. Understand, I cannot find anything wrong about him." So out came Jesus, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe; and Pilate said, "Here the man is!"

when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world!

For I am afraid I may perhaps come and find you are not what I could wish, while you may find I am not what you could wish; I am afraid of finding quarrels, jealousy, temper, rivalry, slanders, gossiping, arrogance, and disorder ??21 afraid that when I come back to you, my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn for many who sinned some time ago and yet have never repented of the impurity, the sexual vice, and the sensuality which they have practised.

till they are filled with all manner of wickedness, depravity, lust, and viciousness, filled to the brim with envy, murder, quarrels, intrigues, and malignity ??slanderers,

For I am afraid I may perhaps come and find you are not what I could wish, while you may find I am not what you could wish; I am afraid of finding quarrels, jealousy, temper, rivalry, slanders, gossiping, arrogance, and disorder ??21 afraid that when I come back to you, my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn for many who sinned some time ago and yet have never repented of the impurity, the sexual vice, and the sensuality which they have practised.

defamers, loathed by God, outrageous, haughty, boastful, inventive in evil, disobedient to parents,

Why should we not do evil that good may come out of it?" (which is the calumny attributed to me ??the very thing some people declare I say). Such arguments are rightly condemned.

amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,

Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice;

So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind!

see that you have a clean conscience, so that, for all their slander of you, these libellers of your good Christian behaviour may be ashamed.

Conduct yourselves properly before pagans; so that for all their slander of you as bad characters, they may come to glorify God when you are put upon your trial, by what they see of your good deeds.

but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last

he who would love Life and enjoy good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile:

I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;

Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile.

For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander.

The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.

he who would love Life and enjoy good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile:

particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories;

Despite it all, these visionaries pollute their flesh, scorn the Powers celestial, and scoff at the angelic Glories.

A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"

The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

You have heard his blasphemy for yourselves. What is your mind?" They condemned him, all of them, to the doom of death;

when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world!

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil'; the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! ??for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night.

Why should we not do evil that good may come out of it?" (which is the calumny attributed to me ??the very thing some people declare I say). Such arguments are rightly condemned.

amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,

And many another insult they uttered against him.

But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."

Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.

see that you have a clean conscience, so that, for all their slander of you, these libellers of your good Christian behaviour may be ashamed.

Conduct yourselves properly before pagans; so that for all their slander of you as bad characters, they may come to glorify God when you are put upon your trial, by what they see of your good deeds.

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.

[vss & follow 2:13] Do not defame one another, brothers; he who defames or judges his brother defames and judges the Law; and if you judge the Law, you pass sentence on it instead of obeying it. read more.
One alone is the legislator, who passes sentence; it is He who is able to save and to destroy; who are you, to judge your neighbour?

is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work, they must abuse no one, they must not quarrel, but be conciliatory and display perfect gentleness to all men.

They then instigated people to say, "We have heard him talking blasphemy against Moses and God."

Jason has welcomed them! They all violate the decrees of Caesar by declaring someone else called Jesus is king."

Then the high priest brought many accusations against him,

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work, they must abuse no one, they must not quarrel, but be conciliatory and display perfect gentleness to all men.

Tell the older women also to be reverent in their demeanour and not to be slanderers or slaves to drink;

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! ??for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night.

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;

Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice;

when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world!

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;