Bible Verses About Slander

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul.

A false witness who doth breathe out lies--And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue--indignant faces.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.

All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously--brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

Each of his friend--beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear is round about: `Declare, and we declare it,' All mine allies are watching for my halting, `Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.'

And the heads say unto the king, `Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.'