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.

Leviticus 19:16

16 dYou shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not estand up against the life
Hebrew blood
of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

1 Kings 21:10-13

10And set two gworthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, h‘You have cursed
Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11And the men of his city, jthe elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 kthey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Psalms 50:20

20You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.

Psalms 101:5

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor lsecretly
I will mdestroy.
Whoever has a nhaughty look and an oarrogant heart
I will not endure.

Proverbs 10:18

18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
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