What Does the Bible Say About Spreading False Information?

Exodus 23:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Leviticus 19:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.

1 John 4:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

James 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

2 Corinthians 12:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

9 Bible Verses about Spreading False Information

Exodus 23:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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9 Bible Verses about Spreading False Information

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Exodus 23:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes