Exodus 20:16
16 a“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Exodus 23:1
1 b“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a cmalicious witness.Deuteronomy 22:19
19and they shall fine him a hundred shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin ▼▼Or girl of marriageable age
of Israel. And she shall be his wife. fHe may not divorce her all his days. Proverbs 18:8
8 gThe words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;they go down into hthe inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 18:21
21 iDeath and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits.
1 Timothy 5:14
14So I would have jyounger widows marry, bear children, kmanage their households, and lgive the adversary no occasion for slander.
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