You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend s
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out a
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of go
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
But in order not to delay you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”