Slander

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

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.

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and 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.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

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

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

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

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

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

“‘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.

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in your midst they have committed lewdness.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

The north wind produces rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

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

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

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.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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,

Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks your hurt?’

They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

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

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

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

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it. — read the full passage →

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; — read the full passage →

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →

For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

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

But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness, — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — 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. — read the full passage →