Bible Verses About Slander

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”