Bible Verses About Slander

In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination.

Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, and say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a deuill.

The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.

But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.

For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.

Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death.

But they founde none, and though many false witnesses came, yet founde they none: but at the last came two false witnesses,

And saide, This man saide, I can destroie the Temple of God, and build it in three daies.

And the hie Priestes accused him of many things.

The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Then they suborned men, which saide, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God.

Whom Iason hath receiued, and these all doe against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Iesus.

And when he was called foorth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that we haue obtained great quietnesse through thee, and that many worthy things are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence,

Certainely we haue found this man a pestilent fellowe, and a moouer of sedition among all the Iewes throughout the world, and a chiefe maintainer of the secte of the Nazarites:

Being full of all vnrighteousnesse, fornication, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, of murder, of debate, of deceit, taking all things in the euill part, whisperers,

Backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proude, boasters, inuenters of euil things, disobedient to parents, without vnderstanding, couenant breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, mercilesse.

And (as we are blamed, and as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.

We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.

Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome of God.

By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:

For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.

Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.