Leviticus 19:16

¹“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

⁷“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

⁹Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.

²⁸They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.

⁴“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

¹³One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

¹⁶“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

³he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

¹⁰Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

¹¹The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them. ¹²They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. ¹³The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.