Being Falsely Accused

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. — read the full passage →

But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →

Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. — read the full passage →

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. — read the full passage →

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. — read the full passage →

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; — read the full passage →

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. — read the full passage →

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

But Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? — read the full passage →

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, — read the full passage →

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: — read the full passage →

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; — read the full passage →

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; — read the full passage →

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;