According to the legal dictionary, slander is collectively known as defamation, libel and slander are civil wrongs that harm a reputation; decrease respect, regard, or confidence; or induce disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against an individual or entity. The injury to one's good name or reputation is affected through written or spoken words or visual images.
Psalm 15:3 talks about slandering; nevertheless, I have decided to provide the entire Psalm for good reading and contextual coherency, and it reads as follows:
Psalm 15:1 A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?
Psalm 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;
Psalm 15:3 That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
Psalm 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear the LORD; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
Psalm 15:5 He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
References:
JPS Tanakh
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
Proverbs 10:18 says that:
ReplyDelete"He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool."
JPS Tanakh