End Time-The Problems: Slander

General Elements of Slander:

Comes from an evil heart:
Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his
mouth speaketh.

Often arises from hatred:
Psalms 109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Idleness leads to:
1 Timothy 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

The wicked addicted to:
Psalms 50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Hypocrites addicted to:
Proverbs 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

A characteristic of the devil:
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night.

The wicked love:
Psalms 52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

They who indulge in are fools:
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Women warned against:
Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Minister's wives should avoid:
1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Christ was exposed to:
Psalms 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Matthew 26:60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Rulers exposed to:
Jude 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Ministers exposed to:
Romans 3:8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
2 Corinthians 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

The nearest relations exposed to: [seen above]
Psalms 50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Saints exposed to:
Psalms 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
1 Peter 4:4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

Saints should keep their tongues from:
Psalms 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. ...with...
1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Saints should lay aside:
Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Saints should be warned against:
Titus 3:1-2 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all
men.

Saints should give no occasion for:
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Saints should return good for:
1 Corinthians 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

Saints blessed in enduring:
Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Saints characterized as avoiding:
Psalms 15:1, 3 A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach
against his neighbour.

Saints should not listen to:
1Samuel 24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Causes anger:
Proverbs 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Effects of: separating friends:
Proverbs 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Effects of: deadly wounds:
Proverbs 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Effects of: strife:
Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Effects of: discord among brethren:
Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Effects of: murder:
Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Ezekiel 22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

The tongue of, is a scourge:
Job 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Is venomous:
Psalms 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Is destructive:
Proverbs 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

End of, is mischievous madness:
Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Men shall give account for:
Matthew 12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Punishment for:
Deuteronomy 19:16-21 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Psalms 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.