18 versetti della Bibbia sulla calunnia

The Bible treats slander as a sin of the heart that breaks the commandment against false witness. The law forbids it (Exodus 20:16, Leviticus 19:16), Jesus traces it to the heart (Matthew 15:19), and the letters tell churches to put it away (Ephesians 4:31). Psalm 64 and 1 Peter 3:16 speak to the person slandered. The Hebrew word translated slanderer in Leviticus 19:16 and slandering in Proverbs 11:13 and 20:19 is rakil, a talebearer, and in all three it goes…