Verse 14

and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, "I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;"

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:16 : 16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
  • Deut 22:19 : 19 and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.