The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
Psalm 7:14
Slander is making a false verbal statement that damages someone’s reputation.
What God has to say about making a false verbal statement that damages someone’s reputation?
- The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18 (ESV)
- So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
1 Peter 2:1 (ESV)
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Exodus 20:16 (ESV)
- In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Colossians 3:7-8 (ESV)
We shouldn’t slander others, but what is our response when some slanders us?
- Commit your reputation to the Lord.
Sometimes it is necessary to defend myself, but there are other times when we should sit back and allow God to take care of things.
- Gently comfort the slanderer… after much prayer.
Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
Galatians 6:1
- Preach the gospel to yourself.
Die to self and live for Christ.
“If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him; for you are worse than he thinks you to be.” – Charles Spurgeon
- Work on living a blameless life.
Don’t put myself in compromising or questionable situations. Don’t display my life on social media.
For the full article from Gospel Coalition: 3 Ways to Respond When Slandered
A verse about the tongue:
- There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18 (ESV)
- Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:21 (ESV)
- Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Proverbs 21:23 (ESV)
- For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;…”
1 Peter 3:10 (ESV)
God always administers justice, and in His own time. This was 400 years before David took the throne.
There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the LORD about it. And the LORD said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
2 Samuel 21:1
The attack of the Gibeonites
Lord, this is the cry of my heart; Set a guard, Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 (NASB)
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