Slander

95 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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A Characteristic of the Devil
An Abomination to God
Blessed in Enduring
Causes Anger
Characterized As Avoiding
Children of Belial
Christ Was Exposed To
Comes from the Evil Heart
David's Enemies
Doeg
Effects of Deadly Wounds
Effects of Discord Among Brethren
Effects of Murder
Effects of Separating Friends
Effects of Strife
End of, is Mischievous Madness
Enemies of Paul
Enemies of Stephen
Enemies of the Jews
Evil People Addicted To
Forbidden
Gashmu
Haman
Hypocrites Addicted To
Hypocrites Habitually
Idleness Leads To
Illustrated
Includes: Babbling
Includes: Backbiting
Includes: Bearing False Witness
Includes: Defaming
Includes: Evil Speaking
Includes: Evil Surmising
Includes: Judging Charitably
Includes: Raising False Reports
Includes: Repeating Matters
Includes: Tale-Bearing
Includes: Tattling
Includes: Whispering
Jeremiah's Enemies
Jews
Joseph by Potiphar's Wife
Laban's Sons
Men Shall Give Account For
Ministers Exposed To
Minister's Wives should Avoid
Often Arises from Hatred
People Shall Give Account For
Priests
Princes of Ammon
Punishment For
Rulers Exposed To
Saints Exposed To
Saints should Keep Their Tongues From
Saints should Lay Aside
Saints: Blessed in Enduring
Saints: Characterised As Avoiding
Saints: should be Warned Against
Saints: should Give No Occasion For
Saints: should Keep Their Tongue From
Saints: should Lay Aside
Saints: should Return Good For
Servants of God Exposed To
should be Discountenanced with Anger
should be Warned Against
should Give No Occasion For
should not be Listened To
should Return Good For
Tertullus
That he Blasphemed
That he had a Demon
That he Was a King
That he Was Seditious
The Land of Canaan Misrepresented by the Spies
The Nearest Relations Exposed To
The Tongue of, is a Scourge
The Wicked Addicted To
The Wicked Love
They Who Indulge In, are Fools
They Who Indulge In, not to be Trusted
Those Who Indulge In, are Fools
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Wicked People Love
Witnesses Against Christ
Wives of God's Servants should Avoid
Women Warned Against
Ziba

A Characteristic of the Devil

Revelation 12:10 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 …

An Abomination to God

Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Blessed in Enduring

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Causes Anger

Proverbs 25:23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

Characterized As Avoiding

Psalm 15:1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
Psalm 15:3 who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

Children of Belial

1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Christ Was Exposed To

Psalm 35:11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Matthew 26:60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

Comes from the Evil Heart

Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

David's Enemies

Psalm 31:13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Doeg

1 Samuel 22:9–11 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. …

Effects of Deadly Wounds

Proverbs 18:8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 26:22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Effects of Discord Among Brethren

Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Effects of Murder

Psalm 31:13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Ezekiel 22:9 Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Effects of Separating Friends

Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Proverbs 17:9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Effects of Strife

Proverbs 26:20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

End of, is Mischievous Madness

Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Enemies of Paul

Acts 17:7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Enemies of Stephen

Acts 6:11 Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

Enemies of the Jews

Ezra 4:7–16 And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated. …

Evil People Addicted To

Psalm 50:20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Forbidden

Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
James 4:11 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.

Gashmu

Nehemiah 6:6 that read: “It is reported among the nations— and Geshem agrees— that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,

Haman

Esther 3:8 Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it …

Hypocrites Addicted To

Proverbs 11:9 With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Hypocrites Habitually

Proverbs 11:9 With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Idleness Leads To

1 Timothy 5:13 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.

Illustrated

Proverbs 12:18 Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 25:18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Includes: Babbling

Ecclesiastes 10:11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

Includes: Backbiting

Romans 1:30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Includes: Bearing False Witness

Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 5:20 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Luke 3:14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

Includes: Defaming

Jeremiah 20:10 For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
1 Corinthians 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Includes: Evil Speaking

Psalm 41:5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Psalm 109:20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

Includes: Evil Surmising

1 Timothy 6:4 he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

Includes: Judging Charitably

James 4:11–12 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. …

Includes: Raising False Reports

Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Includes: Repeating Matters

Proverbs 17:9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Includes: Tale-Bearing

Leviticus 19:16 You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

Includes: Tattling

1 Timothy 5:13 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.

Includes: Whispering

Romans 1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Jeremiah's Enemies

Jeremiah 38:4 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these …

Jews

Matthew 11:18–19 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ …

Joseph by Potiphar's Wife

Genesis 39:14–18 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could. …

Laban's Sons

Genesis 31:1 Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”

Men Shall Give Account For

Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
James 1:26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

Ministers Exposed To

Romans 3:8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
2 Corinthians 6:8 through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

Minister's Wives should Avoid

1 Timothy 3:11 In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

Often Arises from Hatred

Psalm 41:7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Psalm 109:3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

People Shall Give Account For

Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Priests

Mark 15:3 And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.

Princes of Ammon

2 Samuel 10:3 the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it …

Punishment For

Deuteronomy 19:16–21 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, …
Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Rulers Exposed To

2 Peter 2:10 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.
Jude 8 Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

Saints Exposed To

Psalm 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Psalm 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
1 Peter 4:4 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.

Saints should Keep Their Tongues From

Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

Saints should Lay Aside

Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Saints: Blessed in Enduring

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Saints: Characterised As Avoiding

Psalm 15:1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
Psalm 15:3 who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

Saints: should be Warned Against

Titus 3:1–2 Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, …

Saints: should Give No Occasion For

1 Peter 2:12 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.
1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

Saints: should Keep Their Tongue From

Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

Saints: should Lay Aside

Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
1 Peter 2:1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Saints: should Return Good For

1 Corinthians 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Servants of God Exposed To

Romans 3:8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
2 Corinthians 6:8 through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

should be Discountenanced with Anger

Proverbs 25:23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

should be Warned Against

Titus 3:1–2 Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, …

should Give No Occasion For

1 Peter 2:12 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.
1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

should not be Listened To

1 Samuel 24:9 and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

should Return Good For

1 Corinthians 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Tertullus

Acts 24:2 When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
Acts 24:5 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

That he Blasphemed

Mark 14:64 You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.
John 5:18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

That he had a Demon

John 8:48 The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
John 8:52 “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
John 10:20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

That he Was a King

Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
John 18:37 “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
John 19:1–5 Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. …

That he Was Seditious

Luke 22:65 And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
Luke 23:5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

The Land of Canaan Misrepresented by the Spies

Numbers 14:36 So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—

The Nearest Relations Exposed To

Psalm 50:20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

The Tongue of, is a Scourge

Job 5:21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

The Wicked Addicted To

Psalm 50:20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Jeremiah 6:28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
Jeremiah 9:4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

The Wicked Love

Psalm 52:4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

They Who Indulge In, are Fools

Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

They Who Indulge In, not to be Trusted

Jeremiah 9:4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

Those Who Indulge In, are Fools

Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Deuteronomy 22:13–19 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, …
Job 5:21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
Psalm 41:6–9 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. …
Psalm 50:20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 25:23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Jeremiah 6:28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
Jeremiah 9:4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Romans 1:29–30 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, …
1 Corinthians 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
James 4:11 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.
1 Peter 2:1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
2 Peter 2:10 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.

Wicked People Love

Psalm 52:4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Witnesses Against Christ

Matthew 26:59–61 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. …

Wives of God's Servants should Avoid

1 Timothy 3:11 In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

Women Warned Against

Titus 2:3 Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

Ziba

2 Samuel 16:3 “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”