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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