Leviticus 19:16

New American Bible - revised edition

You shall not go about spreading slander among your people; nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the Lord.

Cross References

Job 17:5

For a share of property he informs on friends, while the eyes of his children grow dim.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders a neighbor in secret I will reduce to silence. Haughty eyes and arrogant hearts I cannot endure.

Psalm 15:3

Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to a friend, never defames a neighbor;

Psalm 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother, slandering your mother’s son.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.

Exodus 23:7

You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

One who slanders reveals secrets, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Proverbs 20:19

A slanderer reveals secrets; so have nothing to do with a babbler!

Jeremiah 6:28

Arch-rebels are they all, dealers in slander, bronze and iron, all of them, destroyers they are.

Jeremiah 9:4

Each one deceives the other, no one speaks the truth. They have accustomed their tongues to lying, they are perverse and cannot repent.

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved.

Matthew 27:4

saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? Look to it yourself.”

Deuteronomy 27:25

“Cursed be anyone who accepts payment to kill an innocent person!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

1 Timothy 3:11

Women, similarly, should be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in everything.

2 Timothy 3:3

callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is good,

Titus 2:3

Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good,

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, insincerity, envy, and all slander;

1 Samuel 24:10

and asked Saul: “Why do you listen to those who say, ‘David is trying to harm you’?