14 Bible Verses about Slander

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of the demons He is casting out the 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 does not cease speaking words against this holy place, and the law;

And others, mocking, said, "They have been filled with new wine!"

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

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of the demons He is casting out the 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 does not cease speaking words against this holy place, and the law;

And others, mocking, said, "They have been filled with new wine!"

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

And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do violence to no one, neither accuse any one falsely, and be content with your wages."

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness;

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

at which they are surprised, since ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

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 to Him, "Art Thou, then, a King?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a King. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears My voice."

Then Pilate, therefore, took Jesus, and scourged Him. And the soldiers, having platted a crown of thorns, placed it upon his head, and put on Him a purple robe; and they kept coming to Him, and saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they were giving Him blows with a rod. read more.
And Pilate went out again, and says to them, "Behold, I bring Him out to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in Him." Jesus, therefore, came forth without, wearing the thorn-crown, and the purple robe. And he says to them, "Behold, the Man!"

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I desire, and that I, too, should be found by you such as ye do not desire; lest, by any means, there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

having become 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 desire, and that I, too, should be found by you such as ye do not desire; lest, by any means, there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventers of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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.

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness;

Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings,

having a good conscience; that, in whatever ye are spoken against, those who revile your good conduct may be put to shame.

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

and they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. But afterward two false witnesses, coming forward,

For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies:

"The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and the evil, out of the evil treasure brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the heart does his mouth speak.

For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

but especially those who walk after the flesh in a desire for pollution, and despise dominion; daring, self-willed, they tremble not, when railing at dignities;

Yet, in like manner, these also, indulging in dreams, defile, indeed, the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.

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

The Jews answered and said to Him, "Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?"

The Jews said to Him, "Now we know that Thou hast a demon! Abraham and the prophets died; and Thou sayest, 'If any one keeps My word, he shall never taste of death!'

For this cause, therefore, the Jews were seeking the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the sabbath, but also called God His Father, making Himself equal with God.

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

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

And I heard a great voice in Heaven, saying, "Now came the salvation, and the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ; because the accuser of our brethren was cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night;

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.

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

And many other things they said against Him, reviling Him.

But they were the more urgent, saying, "He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even to this place."

And, at the same time, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

having a good conscience; that, in whatever ye are spoken against, those who revile your good conduct may be put to shame.

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

It is needful that their wives, in like manner, be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

And, at the same time, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but, if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. One is Law-giver and Judge??e Who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you, that judge your neighbor?

he has become puffed up, knowing nothing, but morbid about questions and word-battles, out of which come envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

Remind them to submit to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work; to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.

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

whom Jason has received; and these all are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that "There is Another King??esus!"

And the high priests accused Him of many things.

Remind them to submit to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work; to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.

that aged women, in like manner, be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

And I heard a great voice in Heaven, saying, "Now came the salvation, and the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ; because the accuser of our brethren was cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night;

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

It is needful that their wives, in like manner, be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness;

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.