'Evil spoken' in the Bible
I will make also the name of my holiness to be known among my people of Israel: and I will not let my holy name be evil spoken of any more: but the very Heathen also shall know that I am the LORD, the holy one of Israel.
Jesus answered him, "If I have evil spoken, bear witness of the evil: if I have well spoken, why smitest thou me?"
for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.
and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- 'We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.
Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
We are evil spoken of, and we pray. We are made as it were the filthiness of the world, the offscouring of all things, even unto this time.
For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;
sober, pure, keepers of their own houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
having a good conscience, that, wherein ye are evil spoken of, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ.
if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;
By them, indeed, he is evil spoken of, but by you he is glorified. Wherefore, let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a malefactor, or as a meddling person.