Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Slander: A Huge Problem with Lots of Scriptures to address it.

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Matthew 12:36 ESV / 83 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 71 helpful votes
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
1 Peter 3:16 ESV / 66 helpful votes
Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
Psalm 101:5 ESV / 61 helpful votes
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
James 4:11 ESV / 43 helpful votes
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 31 helpful votes
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
Titus 3:2 ESV / 27 helpful votes
To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 25 helpful votes
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Luke 6:45 ESV / 24 helpful votes
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Exodus 20:16 ESV / 23 helpful votes
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
1 Corinthians 4:13 ESV / 22 helpful votes
When slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
Matthew 7:12 ESV / 22 helpful votes
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
Matthew 5:11 ESV / 21 helpful votes
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes
With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Exodus 23:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 19 helpful votes
And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Proverbs 20:19 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
Psalm 109:3 ESV / 19 helpful votes
They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
James 1:19-20 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Psalm 50:20 ESV / 17 helpful votes
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
1 Corinthians 6:10 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Psalm 140:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
Proverbs 26:28 ESV / 14 helpful votes
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 25:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes
The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Job 5:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes
You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Proverbs 6:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes
A false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Psalm 31:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
2 Peter 2:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
James 1:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Romans 1:30 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
Mark 11:25 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Colossians 3:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
1 Peter 4:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes
With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;
Luke 22:65 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him.
Ecclesiastes 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.
Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
1 Timothy 3:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
Romans 1:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes
They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
Titus 2:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
2 Corinthians 12:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
Romans 3:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
Ezekiel 22:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
Psalm 41:6-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.” Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Psalm 41:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes
My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Leviticus 19:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
Revelation 12:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
Jude 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.
1 Peter 2:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Titus 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
Colossians 3:5-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Colossians 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Ephesians 4:25-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 4 helpful votes
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Mark 10:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”
Matthew 26:60 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward
Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Jeremiah 9:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 6:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
Proverbs 26:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Proverbs 20:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:1-22:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
Psalm 109:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
Psalm 64:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 52:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
Psalm 38:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
Psalm 35:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes
They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!”
Psalm 15:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Genesis 3:3-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Colossians 3:5-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
2 Corinthians 6:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Romans 14:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
Luke 18:9-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
Matthew 16:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
Proverbs 31:6-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
Psalm 34:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalm 24:1-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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