Psalms 120:3

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”

Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.

“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. They were allies of Abram.

she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”

The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’ ”

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

You will mention the message from Yahweh no more: for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Armies, our God.

Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.

When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you!

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.