TOPICAL BIBLE
Slander
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Genesis 39:14she 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.Genesis 39:15When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”Genesis 39:16So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.Genesis 39:17Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,Genesis 39:18but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Numbers 14:36So 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—Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,Deuteronomy 19:17both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.Deuteronomy 19:18The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,Deuteronomy 19:19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.Deuteronomy 19:20Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.Deuteronomy 22:13Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,Deuteronomy 22:14and 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.”Deuteronomy 22:15Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gateDeuteronomy 22:16and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.Deuteronomy 22:17And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.Deuteronomy 22:18Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.Deuteronomy 22:19They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?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.’”2 Samuel 19:24Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.2 Samuel 19:25And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”2 Samuel 19:26“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,2 Samuel 19:27and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.2 Samuel 19:28For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”2 Samuel 19:29The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”2 Samuel 19:30And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”1 Kings 21:11So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.1 Kings 21:13And 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.1 Kings 21:14Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”Job 5:21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.Psalm 15:1A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?Psalm 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,Psalm 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.Psalm 34:13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.Psalm 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.Psalm 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”Psalm 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.Psalm 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”Psalm 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.Psalm 41:7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:Psalm 41:8“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”Psalm 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.Psalm 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.Psalm 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.Psalm 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,Psalm 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.Psalm 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.Psalm 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.Psalm 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. SelahProverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.Proverbs 11:9With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.Proverbs 16:28A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
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