Bible Verses About Slander

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.

Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.