Bible Verses About False Accusation: General references

"You are not to repeat false rumors; do not join hands with the wicked by offering perjured testimony.

Keep away from fraud, and do not cause the death of the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

"'Do not go around spreading slander among your people, but also don't stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake; I am ADONAI.

My enemies say the worst about me: "When will he die and his name disappear?"

When they come to see me they speak insincerely, their hearts meanwhile gathering falsehoods; then they go out and spread bad reports.

All who hate me whisper together against me, imagining the worst about me.

"A fatal disease has attached itself to him; now that he lies ill, he will never get up."

Even my close friend, on whom I relied, who shared my table, has turned against me.

"How blessed you are when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of vicious lies about you because you follow me!

Some soldiers asked him, "What about us? What should we do?" To them he said, "Don't intimidate anyone, don't accuse people falsely, and be satisfied with your pay."

heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, uncontrolled, brutal, hateful of good,

If you are being insulted because you bear the name of the Messiah, how blessed you are! For the Spirit of the Sh’khinah, that is, the Spirit of God, is resting on you!