Slander

How Nave’s arranged it

• Comes from the evil heartLuke 6:45
• Often arises from hatredPsalms 109:3
• Idleness leads to1 Timothy 5:13
• Evil people addicted toPsalms 50:20
• Hypocrites habituallyProverbs 11:9
• A characteristic of the DevilRevelation 12:10
• Wicked people lovePsalms 52:4
• Those who indulge in, are foolsProverbs 10:18
• Women warned againstTitus 2:3
• Wives of God' s servants should avoid1 Timothy 3:11
• Christ was exposed toPsalms 35:11Matthew 26:60
• Rulers exposed to Jude 1:8

The passages, in Bible order (76)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 39:14–18

   she 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.

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   “Indeed, Joseph went out of doors while she spread the news of the temptation that arose from her own adultery; she said in a loud voice that the Hebrew had fled and left his garment behind. Thus she revealed what she should have concealed, so as to do harm to an innocent man by inventing a crime. But the just man Joseph did not know how to make accusation, and so the impure woman accomplished this with impunity. Therefore I might say that she was the one who had really been stripped, although she was keeping the clothing of another.

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2. Exodus 23:1

   “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

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   “Thou shalt not raise a false report,....

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3. Numbers 14:36

   So 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—

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   “And the men which Moses sent to search the land,.... Ten of them: who returned; as they all did, who were sent to search it: and made all the congregation to murmur against him; against, Moses that sent them; they murmured themselves, and made others murmur: by bringing up a slander upon the land; that it ate up its inhabitants, and that the inhabitants of it were of such a stature, and so gigantic and strong, and dwelt in such walled cities, Num 13:28, that there was no probability of subduing them, Num 13:31.

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4. Deuteronomy 19:16–21

   If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

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   “If a false witness rise up against any man,.... In a court of judicature: to testify against him: that which is not true of him, let it be in what case it will; Aben Ezra instances in idolatry, but it holds good of any other.

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5. Deuteronomy 22:13–19

   Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

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   “If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her. That is, marries a wife, and cohabits with her as man and wife, and after some time dislikes her, and is desirous of parting with her, and therefore takes the following wicked method to obtain it: this is to be understood of a virgin taken to wife, as the Targum of Jonathan explains it; and what follows confirms it.

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6. 1 Samuel 24:9

   and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

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   “And David said to Saul, wherefore hearest thou men's words,.... The false charges and accusations, that some of Saul's courtiers brought against David, as Doeg the Edomite, and such like sycophants and flatterers, to whom Saul hearkened, and believed what they said, and acted upon it.

   “Saul, therefore, came out of the cave unaware of what had happened, wearing the little garment which had been trimmed all around. David came out behind him in self-assurance, and having seized the hill lying above the cave in advance, held out the end [of Saul's robe] in his hand. This was nothing other than a bloodless trophy against his enemies.

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7. 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.’”

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   “And the king said, and where is thy master's son?....

   “It ought not to excite astonishment that Constantine was so far deceived as to send so many great men into exile: for he believed the assertions of bishops of high fame and reputation, who skillfully concealed their malice. Those who are acquainted with the Sacred …

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8. 2 Samuel 19:24–30

   Then 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.

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   “And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king,....

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9. 1 Kings 21:9–14

   In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

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   “How clearly the custom of the rich is portrayed! They are made sad if they are not seizing the property of others; they renounce food, they fast, not that they may lessen their sin but that they may commit crime. You may see them at such times coming to church, dutiful, humble and assiduous, in order that they may deserve to obtain the accomplishment of their wickedness.

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10. Job 5:21

    You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

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    “Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shalt thou be afraid of calamity when it cometh. 'The scourge of the tongue' is the taunting of insults offered. They strike the righteous 'with the scourge of the tongue,' who pursue their deeds with mockery. For oftentimes the tongue, while it utters jibes, recalls from a good deed, and puts itself out like a scourge, in that it cuts the back of the cowardly soul.

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11. Psalms 15:1

    O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?

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    “The fourteenth psalm has been read at just the right moment; and it has come about in due order in such a way that it almost seems to have been read on purpose. The psalm was read in order: I think it has been brought about by God's dispensation that what was profitable to you should be recited today in the sequence of exposition. The fourteenth psalm has been read, which is titled A Psalm of David. But our David is Christ, as we have often said.

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12. Psalms 15:3

    who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

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    “He who has practiced no deceit with his tongue: he who has uttered in speech what he has pondered in his mind. Nor has done evil to his neighbor. Some think that a neighbor is a brother, or a fellow townsman, or a kinsman, or a blood relation. But our Lord teaches in the Gospel in that parable, where a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho: a priest passed by, a Levite passed by, and had no pity: a Samaritan passed by, and had pity. And afterward the Lord asks, and says: Which of these was a neighbor?

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13. Psalms 31:13

    For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 31:131 voice

    “Then when he says, "When," he shows how he suffers persecution, and he aggravates it from the multitude of those persecuting, when he says, "When they assembled together," that is, unanimously, "against me": this would be greatly to be feared. Sir. 26: "My heart feared …

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14. Psalms 34:13

    Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

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    “If … anger has got the start, and has already taken possession of your mind and mounted into your heart, forsake not your ground. Your ground is patience, it is wisdom, it is reason, it is the allaying of indignation. And if the stubbornness of your opponent rouses you and his perverseness drives you to indignation: if you cannot calm your mind, check at least your tongue. For so it is written: "Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips that they speak no guile. Seek peace and pursue it." … First, then, calm your mind.

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15. Psalms 35:11

    Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

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    “The person of Christ is introduced here, denounced and falsely accused at the tribunal of the chief priests when there rose up evil witnesses against him, and they repaid evil things for good and bereavement for his soul. They were called sons of God but …

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16. Psalms 35:21

    They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

    ›Commentary on Psalms 35:211 voice

    “Jerome has, "in the plunder of the earth, mocking words." He who mocks someone does two things: because such words distress the one mocked and gladden the mocker; and therefore he says, "they opened wide their mouth against me," as if boldly and gladly speaking …

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