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Biblical Response to Slander
"You
shall not give false testimony against your neighbour."
Exodus 20:15
"Do
not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being
a malicious witness." Exodus 23:1
"The
first to present his case seems right until another comes
forward and questions him." Proverbs 18:17
"He
who answers before listening - that is his folly and his
shame." Proverbs 18:13
"A
perverse man stirs up dissension and a gossip separates
close friends." Proverbs 16:28
"It
is to a man's honour to avoid strife, but every fool is
quick to quarrel." Proverbs 20:3
"A
gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too
much." Proverbs 20:19
"Drive
out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults
are ended." Proverbs 22:10
"Do
not testify against your neighbour without cause, or use
your lips to deceive." Proverbs 24:28
"What
you have seen with your eyes do not bring hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end if your neighbour puts you
to shame? If you argue your case with a neighbour, do not
betray another man's confidence, or he who hears it may
shame you and you will never lose your bad reputation."
Proverbs 25: 8 - 10
"Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer
by who meddles in a quarrel not his own." Proverbs
26: 17
"An
angry man stirs up dissension." Proverbs 29:22
"A
truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness
tells lies." Proverbs 12:17
"He
who guards his lips guards his soul, but he who speaks rashly
will come to ruin." Proverbs 13:3
"A
false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out
lies will perish." Proverbs 19:9
"Like
a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives
false testimony against his neighbour." Proverbs 25:18
"Whoever
slanders his neighbour in secret, him will I put to silence
…" Psalms 101:5
"He
who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads
slander is a fool." Proverbs 10:18
"Get
rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander,
along with every form of malice." Ephesians 4:31
"Remind
the people to … slander no one, to be peaceable and
considerate, and to show true humility toward all men."
Titus 3: 1-2
"The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the
parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the
whole course of his life on fire and is itself set on fire
by hell." James 3:6
"Therefore
rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy,
envy and slander of every kind." 1 Peter 2:1
"One
witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime
or offence he may have committed. A matter must be established
by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If a malicious
witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime, the
two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence
of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in
office at the time. The judges must make a thorough investigation
and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony
against his brother, you must purge the evil from among
you. The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,
and never again will such an evil thing be done among you."
Deuteronomy 19: 15-20
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