Top 25 Bible Verses About Slander (NIV)

⁵ Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.

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

¹⁶ keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

¹⁸ He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

¹¹ Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

¹ But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. ² People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, ⁴ treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- ⁵ having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

¹⁶ "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

² to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.

¹¹ "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

¹ Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

³¹ Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. ³² Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

⁴⁵ The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

¹⁹ A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

³ With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.

¹ "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness.

⁹ With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

²⁰ He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' ²¹ For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, ²² greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. ²³ All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'"

¹² Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

³² Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

²⁰ You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son.

¹⁰ For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

¹² So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

⁹ He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

⁸ But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.