Bible Verses About Slander

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.