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Bible verses about Slander in the King James Version.
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Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, …
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: …
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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.
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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.
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; …
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: …
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. …
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. …
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 the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. …
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.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. …
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. …