False Accusations

having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

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

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

He who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, — read the full passage →

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?” — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. — read the full passage →

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

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

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!” — read the full passage →

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

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes. — read the full passage →

Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding? — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letteror one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. — read the full passage →

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; — read the full passage →

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? — read the full passage →

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

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

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

Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; — read the full passage →

Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”