'Slander' in the Bible
You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king is as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,
You will be safe from slanderand not fear destruction when it comes.
who does not slander with his tongue,who does not harm his friendor discredit his neighbor,
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,For they say, “Who hears us?”
Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
Don’t slander a servant to his masteror he will curse you, and you will become guilty.
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;He devises wicked schemesTo destroy the afflicted with slander,Even though the needy one speaks what is right.
All are stubborn rebelsspreading slander.They are bronze and iron;all of them are corrupt.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.Don’t trust any brother,for every brother will certainly deceive,and every friend spread slander.
The slander and murmuring of my opponentsattack me all day long.
There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.
therefore, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you from every side, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations and an object of people’s gossip and slander,