Bible Verses About Slander

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

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

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

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

If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

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

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

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.