Psalm
15:1-3
Lord, who may enter your Temple? Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill? 2 Those … who do not slander others…nor spread rumors about their neighbors.
Lord, who may enter your Temple? Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill? 2 Those … who do not slander others…nor spread rumors about their neighbors.
Proverbs 11:13
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
An evil-doer pays
heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body
or he who hears it will reproach you, and the evil report about you will not
pass away.
Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Wisdom
1:11
Beware then of useless murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
Beware then of useless murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
Sirach
5:14
Do not be called double-tongued; and with your tongue do not slander a neighbor. For shame has been created for the thief, and sore disgrace for the double-tongued.
Do not be called double-tongued; and with your tongue do not slander a neighbor. For shame has been created for the thief, and sore disgrace for the double-tongued.
Sirach
19:5-10
One who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned, 6but one who hates gossip has less evil. 7Never repeat a conversation and you will lose nothing at all.
One who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned, 6but one who hates gossip has less evil. 7Never repeat a conversation and you will lose nothing at all.
8With friend or foe do
not report it, and unless it would be a sin for you, do not reveal it; 9for someone may have
heard you and watched you, and in time will hate you. 10Have you heard
something? Let it die with you. Be brave, it will not make you burst!
Sirach
27:16-17
Whoever betrays secrets destroys confidence, and will never find a congenial friend. 17Love your friend and keep faith with him; but if you betray his secrets, do not follow after him.
Whoever betrays secrets destroys confidence, and will never find a congenial friend. 17Love your friend and keep faith with him; but if you betray his secrets, do not follow after him.
Sirach
28:14
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
Sirach
28:16-19
Those who pay heed to slander will not find rest, nor will they settle down in peace.
Those who pay heed to slander will not find rest, nor will they settle down in peace.
17The blow of a whip
raises a welt, but a blow of the tongue crushes the bones.
18Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not as many as have fallen because of the tongue. 19Happy is one who is protected from it, who has not been exposed to its anger, who has not borne its yoke, and has not been bound with its fetters.
18Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not as many as have fallen because of the tongue. 19Happy is one who is protected from it, who has not been exposed to its anger, who has not borne its yoke, and has not been bound with its fetters.
Matthew
15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
Romans
1:29
They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
1 Timothy
5:13
And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned
And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned
James 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
1 Peter 3:10
Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
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