Bible Verses About Slander: Punishment for

If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,

Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:

They shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother, and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee:

That others hearing may fear, and may not dare to do such things.

Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.