Bible Verses about “being falsely accused”
The Bible contains 18 verses about being falsely accused across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
“Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
“¶ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”
“But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
“¶ ‹But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,›”
“‹Blessed are ye, when› [men] ‹shall revile you, and persecute› [you], ‹and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.›”
“Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.”
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.”
“Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.”
“See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].”
“¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.”
“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.”
“¶ An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.”
“Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].”
“[This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.”
“Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.”
“But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.”