and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has gi